| customary | | |
| adj. | 1. customary | in accordance with convention or custom.; "sealed the deal with the customary handshake" |
| ~ conventional | following accepted customs and proprieties.; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address" |
| adj. | 2. accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted | commonly used or practiced; usual.; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" |
| ~ usual | occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime" |
| habitual | | |
| traditional | | |
| adj. | 1. traditional | consisting of or derived from tradition.; "traditional history"; "traditional morality" |
| ~ conventional | in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past.; "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake" |
| ~ handed-down, tralatitious | having been passed along from generation to generation.; "among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor" |
| ~ traditionalistic | adhering to tradition especially in cultural or religious practices. |
| adj. | 2. traditional | pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines.; "the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished" |
| ~ orthodox | adhering to what is commonly accepted.; "an orthodox view of the world" |
| usual | | |
| adj. | 1. usual | occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime" |
| ~ common | having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual.; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap" |
| ~ habitual, wonted, accustomed, customary | commonly used or practiced; usual.; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" |
| ~ inveterate, chronic | habitual.; "a chronic smoker" |
| ~ regular | in accord with regular practice or procedure.; "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime" |
| adj. | 2. common, usual | commonly encountered.; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting" |
| ~ familiar | within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange.; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences" |
| custom | | |
| n. (act) | 1. custom, usage, usance | accepted or habitual practice. |
| ~ practice, pattern | a customary way of operation or behavior.; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern" |
| ~ americanism | a custom that is peculiar to the United States or its citizens. |
| ~ anglicism, britishism | a custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens. |
| ~ consuetude | a custom or usage that has acquired the force of law. |
| ~ couvade | a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child. |
| ~ germanism | a custom that is peculiar to Germany or its citizens. |
| ~ habit, use | (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition.; "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it" |
| ~ hijab | the custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home.; "she observes the hijab and does not wear tight clothing" |
| ~ survival | something that survives. |
| ~ ritual, rite | any customary observance or practice. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. custom, tradition | a specific practice of long standing. |
| ~ practice | knowledge of how something is usually done.; "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner" |
| ~ habit, wont | an established custom.; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening" |
| ~ hadith | (Islam) a tradition based on reports of the sayings and activities of Muhammad and his companions. |
| ~ institution | a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society.; "the institution of marriage"; "the institution of slavery"; "he had become an institution in the theater" |
| n. (possession) | 3. custom, customs, customs duty, impost | money collected under a tariff. |
| ~ tariff, duty | a government tax on imports or exports.; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries" |
| ~ ship money | an impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense. |
| n. (act) | 4. custom | habitual patronage.; "I have given this tailor my custom for many years" |
| ~ trade, patronage | the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.; "even before noon there was a considerable patronage" |
| adj. | 5. custom, custom-made | made according to the specifications of an individual. |
| ~ bespoke, bespoken, tailor-made, made-to-order, tailored | (of clothing) custom-made. |
| ~ custom-built, made-to-order | built for a particular individual. |
| disposition | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. disposition, temperament | your usual mood.; "he has a happy disposition" |
| ~ aloneness, lonesomeness, solitariness, loneliness | a disposition toward being alone. |
| ~ nature | the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions.; "it is his nature to help others" |
| ~ physicality, animalism | preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites. |
| ~ bloodthirstiness, bloodiness | a disposition to shed blood. |
| ~ heart, spirit | an inclination or tendency of a certain kind.; "he had a change of heart" |
| ~ nervousness | a sensitive or highly strung temperament. |
| ~ esprit de corps, team spirit, morale | the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed. |
| ~ moodiness | having temperamental and changeable moods. |
| ~ blood | temperament or disposition.; "a person of hot blood" |
| ~ cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine | the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom.; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room" |
| ~ uncheerfulness | not conducive to cheer or good spirits. |
| ~ perfectionism | a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable.; "his perfectionism seemed excessive to his students" |
| ~ permissiveness, tolerance | a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior. |
| ~ unpermissiveness, restrictiveness | a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits. |
| ~ good nature | a cheerful, obliging disposition. |
| ~ agreeability, agreeableness | a temperamental disposition to be agreeable. |
| ~ ill nature | a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition. |
| ~ disagreeableness | an ill-tempered and offensive disposition. |
| ~ willingness | cheerful compliance.; "he expressed his willingness to help" |
| ~ involuntariness, unwillingness | the trait of being unwilling.; "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton" |
| ~ friendliness | a friendly disposition. |
| ~ unsociability, unsociableness | an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship. |
| ~ unfriendliness | an unfriendly disposition. |
| ~ calm, calmness, composure, equanimity | steadiness of mind under stress.; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" |
| ~ discomposure | a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure. |
| ~ optimism | a general disposition to expect the best in all things. |
| ~ pessimism | a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things. |
| ~ epicurism | the disposition and habits of an epicure. |
| ~ gourmandism | the disposition and habits of a gourmand. |
| n. (act) | 2. disposal, disposition | the act or means of getting rid of something. |
| ~ human action, human activity, act, deed | something that people do or cause to happen. |
| ~ appointment | (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment.; "she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment" |
| ~ comb-out | the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people.; "the department got a good comb-out" |
| ~ giving | disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return.; "the alumni followed a program of annual giving" |
| ~ abandonment | the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away. |
| ~ mine disposal | the disposal of explosive mines. |
| ~ sewage disposal | the disposal of sewage. |
| ~ lending, loaning | disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. disposition, inclination, tendency | an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others.; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" |
| ~ attitude, mental attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways.; "he had the attitude that work was fun" |
| ~ direction | a general course along which something has a tendency to develop.; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals determined the direction of his career"; "they proposed a new direction for the firm" |
| ~ trend, drift, movement | a general tendency to change (as of opinion).; "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" |
| ~ call | a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course.; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call" |
| ~ denominationalism | the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations. |
| ~ devices | an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.; "eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force"; "the children were left to their own devices" |
| ~ sympathy, understanding | an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion.; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding" |
| ~ favoritism, favouritism | an inclination to favor some person or group. |
| ~ proclivity, leaning, propensity | a natural inclination.; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" |
| ~ bent, set | a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way.; "the set of his mind was obvious" |
| ~ literalism | a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense. |
| ~ perseveration | the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it. |
| ~ predisposition | an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way. |
| ~ favour, favor | an inclination to approve.; "that style is in favor this season" |
| ~ dislike, disfavor, disfavour, disapproval | an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group. |
| ~ partisanship, partiality | an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives. |
| ~ impartiality, nonpartisanship | an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. disposition | a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing.; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture" |
| ~ property | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class.; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" |
| ~ aptness, propensity | a disposition to behave in a certain way.; "the aptness of iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread" |
| ~ mordacity | a disposition to biting. |
| ~ predisposition | a disposition in advance to react in a particular way. |
| ~ proneness | being disposed to do something.; "accident proneness" |
| ~ separatism | a disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group; the principles and practices of separatists.; "separatism is a serious problem in Quebec"; "demands for some form of separatism on grounds of religion have been perceived as a threat to mainstream education" |
| ~ tendency, inclination | a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect.; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink" |
| habit | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. habit, wont | an established custom.; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening" |
| ~ custom, tradition | a specific practice of long standing. |
| n. (act) | 2. habit, use | (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition.; "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it" |
| ~ custom, usage, usance | accepted or habitual practice. |
| ~ ritual | stereotyped behavior. |
| ~ second nature | acquired behavior that is practiced so long it seems innate. |
| ~ psychological science, psychology | the science of mental life. |
| ~ cleanliness | the habit of keeping free of superficial imperfections. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. habit | a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order. |
| ~ attire, garb, dress | clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.; "formal attire"; "battle dress" |
| ~ frock | a habit worn by clerics. |
| ~ monastic habit | a long loose habit worn by monks in a monastery. |
| ~ nun's habit | a long loose habit worn by nuns in a convent. |
| ~ faith, religion, religious belief | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.; "he lost his faith but not his morality" |
| n. (process) | 4. habit | the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal).; "a shrub of spreading habit" |
| ~ growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level.; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. habit, riding habit | attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire). |
| ~ attire, garb, dress | clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.; "formal attire"; "battle dress" |
| ~ jodhpur breeches, jodhpurs, riding breeches | flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots. |
| ~ riding boot | a boot without laces that is worn for riding horses; part of a riding habit. |
| n. (act) | 6. drug abuse, habit, substance abuse | excessive use of drugs. |
| ~ misuse, abuse | improper or excessive use.; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds" |
| ~ alcohol abuse, alcoholic abuse, alcoholism abuse | excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks. |
| v. (body) | 7. habit | put a habit on. |
| ~ apparel, clothe, enclothe, garb, garment, raiment, tog, dress, fit out, habilitate | provide with clothes or put clothes on.; "Parents must feed and dress their child" |
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