| Main Entry: | second nature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual behavior pattern |
Synonyms: |
acquired behavior, custom, familiarity, force of habit, habit, habit pattern, matter of course |
| 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: | instinctive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reflex, automatic |
Synonyms: |
accustomed, by seat of one's pants, congenital, habitual, impulsive, inborn, ingrained, inherent, innate, instinctual, intrinsic, intuitional, intuitive, involuntary, knee-jerk, mechanical, native, natural, normal, regular, rooted, second-nature, spontaneous, typical, unlearned, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprompted, unthinking, visceral |
Antonyms: |
conscious, deliberate, meditated, reasonable, sensible |
| Main Entry: | visceral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | instinctive |
Synonyms: |
accustomed, automatic, congenital, habitual, inborn, ingrained, inherent, innate, instinctual, intrinsic, intuitional, intuitive, knee-jerk, natural, reflex, rooted, second-nature |
| Main Entry: | habitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custom |
Synonyms: |
addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot* |
| Main Entry: | instinctual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | instinctive |
Synonyms: |
accustomed, by seat of one's pants, congenital, habitual, impulsive, inborn, ingrained, inherent, innate, intrinsic, intuitional, intuitive, involuntary, knee-jerk, mechanical, native, natural, normal, regular, rooted, second-nature, spontaneous, typical, unlearned, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprompted, unthinking, visceral |
| Main Entry: | usance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custom |
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 |
| Main Entry: | habit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
conventional, accredited, accustomary, accustomed, acknowledged, admitted, besetting, common, commonplace, conformable, current, customary, devoted, established, everyday, familiar, fashionable, fixed, frequent, general, habitual, hackneyed, household, ingrafted, ingrained, inveterate, jog, ordinary, permanent, prescriptive, prevailing, prevalent, received, recognized, regular, rooted, seasoned, set, stereotyped, stock, trite, understood, usual, vernacular, wont, wonted
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