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Antonyms for custom
ˈkʌs təmcus·tom

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.7 / 3 votes

  1. custom

    Habit is a tendency or inclination toward an action or condition, which by repetition has become easy, spontaneous, or even unconscious, or an action or regular series of actions, or a condition so induced. Custom is the uniform doing of the same act in the same circumstance for a definite reason; routine is the doing of customary acts in a regular and uniform sequence and is more mechanical than custom. It is the custom of tradesmen to open at a uniform hour, and to follow a regular routine of business until closing-time. Habit always includes an involuntary tendency, natural or acquired, greatly strengthened by frequent repetition of the act, and may be uncontrollable, or even unconscious. Habitude is habitual relation or association. Custom is chiefly used of the action of many; habit of the action of one; we speak of the customs of society, the habits of an individual. Fashion is the generally recognized custom in the smaller matters, especially in dress. A rule is prescribed either by some external authority or by one's own will; as, it is the rule of the house; or, I make it my invariable rule. System is the coordination of many acts or things into a unity, and is more and better than routine. Use and usage denote the manner of using something; we speak of one person's use of language, but of the usage of many; a use or usage is almost always a habit. Practise is the active doing of something in a systematic way; we do not speak of the practise, but of the habit of going to sleep; we speak of a tradesman's custom, a lawyer's or a physician's practise. Educationally, practise is the voluntary and persistent attempt to make skill a habit; as, practise in penmanship. Wont is blind and instinctive habit like that which attaches an animal to a locality: the word is now almost wholly poetic. Compare DRESS.

    Synonyms:
    fashion, habit, habitude, practise, routine, rule, system, usage, use, wont

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 2 votes

  1. custom

    Antonyms:
    law, regulation, dictate, command, rule, disuse, nonobservance, desuetude

    Synonyms:
    manner, habit, use, usage, fashion, practice, prescription

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Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 3 votes

  1. custom, usage, usancenoun

    accepted or habitual practice

    Synonyms:
    impost, utilisation, consumption, usance, customs, employment, usage, tradition, use, customs duty, exercise, utilization, economic consumption, use of goods and services

  2. custom, traditionnoun

    a specific practice of long standing

    Synonyms:
    tradition, usage, customs, customs duty, impost, usance

  3. customs, customs duty, custom, impostnoun

    money collected under a tariff

    Synonyms:
    usance, customs, usage, springer, tradition, customs duty, impost

  4. customadjective

    habitual patronage

    "I have given this tailor my custom for many years"

    Synonyms:
    tradition, usage, customs, customs duty, impost, usance

  5. custom-made, customadjective

    made according to the specifications of an individual

    Synonyms:
    custom-made

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 2 votes

  1. customnoun

    Synonyms:
    usage, practice, conventionality, patronage, impost, duty, tribute

How to use custom in a sentence?

  1. William Hazlitt:

    Without the aid of prejudice and custom I should not be able to find my way across the room.

  2. Hermann Hesse:

    Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its beauties and cruelties; it accepts certain sufferings as matters of course, puts up patiently with certain evils. Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap.

  3. Ilkka Ruostetsaari:

    Sipila is rather impatient, he isn't used to long negotiations with the unions, for example, which is the custom in Finnish politics. He leads with a company executive style, moving ahead quickly.

  4. Samuel Johnson:

    Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities.

  5. Matt Harris:

    For us to transfer equipment around the world, we pay in the region of $270 per kilo, the custom-made racks that hold the IT kit -- if I take all of the IT kit out, it's 100 kg. The more IT kit I put in there, the more money I'm spending.

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#1212custom
#1362command
#1419rule
#2748regulation
#20832dictate
#79183disuse

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