| Main Entry: | praxis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habit |
Synonyms: |
custom, exercise, practical, practice |
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual action |
Synonyms: |
addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, habitude, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot, swim, thing, trick, usage, use, way, wont |
| Notes: | costume and custom were actually two forms of the same Latin root consuetudinem 'habit, custom,' with costume first meaning 'manners and customs belonging to a particular time and place' |
Antonyms: |
departure, deviation, difference, divergence, irregularity |
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual, traditional action |
Synonyms: |
attitude, canon, ceremony, character, convention, conventionalism, customariness, design, dictates, established way, etiquette, fashion, folkways, form, formality, inheritence, manner, matter of course, method, mode, mold, mores, observance, observation, pattern, performance, policy, practice, praxis, precedent, precept, rite, routine, rule, second nature, style, system, taste, type, unwritten law, unwritten rule, usage, use, vogue, way |
Antonyms: |
departure, deviation |
| Main Entry: | habit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tendency, practice |
Synonyms: |
addiction, assuetude, bent, bias, constitution, consuetude, convention, custom, dependence, disposition, fashion, fixation, fixed attitude, frame of mind, gravitation, groove, habitude, hangup, impulsion, inclination, make-up, manner, mannerism, mode, nature, obsession, pattern, penchant, persuasion, praxis, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, quirk, routine, rule, rut, second nature, set, style, susceptibility, thing*, turn, usage, use, way, weakness, wont |
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | routine, usual procedure |
Synonyms: |
convenance, convention, custom, fashion, form, habit, habitude, manner, method, mode, praxis, proceeding, process, rule, system, tradition, trick, usage, use, usefulness, utility, way, wont |
Antonyms: |
abstention, refrain |
| Main Entry: | tradition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | established practice |
Synonyms: |
attitude, belief, birthright, conclusion, convention, culture, custom, customs, ethic, ethics, fable, folklore, form, habit, heritage, idea, inheritance, institution, law, legend, lore, mores, myth, mythology, mythos, opinion, practice, praxis, ritual, unwritten law, usage, wisdom |
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic, habit |
Synonyms: |
crotchet, custom, foible, habitude, idiosyncrasy, manner, mannerism, peculiarity, practice, praxis, quirk, trait, usage, use, way, wont |
| Main Entry: | usage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habit, custom |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, control, convention, currency, form, formula, habitude, handling, management, matter of course, method, mode, operation, practice, praxis, procedure, regime, regulation, rote, routine, rule, running, tradition, treatment, trick, use, way, wont |
| Main Entry: | way |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic, habit |
Synonyms: |
aspect, behavior, circumstance, condition, conduct, consuetude, custom, detail, fashion, feature, fettle, form, gait, groove, guise, hook, idiosyncrasy, kick*, manner, nature, particular, personality, point, practice, praxis, respect, sense, shape, shot, situation, state, status, style, thing*, tone, trait, trick, usage, use, wont |
| Main Entry: | consuetude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custom |
Synonyms: |
familiarity, habit, habitude, manner, practice, praxis, tradition, usage, usance |