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Custom

Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

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Similar meaning 6

Bespoke 84% connected

of Bespeak

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Bespoke 84% connected

of Bespeak

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Bespoken 84% connected

of Bespeak

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Bespoken 84% connected

of Bespeak

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Tailored 84% connected

of Tailor

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Tailored 84% connected

of Tailor

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Narrower term 10

Americanism 76% connected

Attachment to the United States.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Anglicism 76% connected

An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English.

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Consuetude 76% connected

Custom, habit; usage.

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Couvade 76% connected

A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.

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Germanism 76% connected

An idiom of the German language.

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Habit 76% connected

The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a relig…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Institution 76% connected

The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

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Rite 76% connected

The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn ob…

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Ritual 76% connected

Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.

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Use 76% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Broader term 7

Duty 76% connected

That which is due; payment.

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Patronage 76% connected

Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an aut…

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Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Practice 76% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Survival 76% connected

A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tariff 76% connected

A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective ta…

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Trade 76% connected

A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.

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Customary 74% connected

Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual.

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Customary 74% connected

Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual.

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Synonym 4

Impost 92% connected

That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tradition 92% connected

The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Usage 92% connected

The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Usance 92% connected

Use; usage; employment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Ready-made 94% connected

Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.

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Ready-made 94% connected

Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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