Antonyms for custom
ˈkʌs təmcus·tom

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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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. custom

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Duty
   • Practice
   • Survival

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 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

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1. customnoun

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

How to use custom in a sentence?

1. W. E. B. Du Bois:

   It is the growing custom to narrow control, concentrate power, disregard and disfranchise the public; and assuming that certain powers by divine right of money-raising or by sheer assumption, have the power to do as they think best without consulting the wisdom of mankind.

2. Hajah Fatima:

   It’s a custom, corona? Nothing will happen to us except what God has decreed.

3. Yu Haiyang:

   In the past three years, my custom has doubled every year.

4. Publilius Syrus:

   The empire of custom is most mighty.

5. Johann Georg von Zimmermann:

   Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of truth.

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