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custom

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of custom

made or fitted to the needs or preferences of a specific customer

  • that business tycoon wears only custom suits
Synonyms of custom

bespoke (also bespoken), custom-made, custom-tailored, customized, made-to-order, tailor-made, tailored
Words Related to custom

particular, special, specialized

custom-built, handcrafted, handmade

made-to-measure
Antonyms of custom

mass-produced, ready-made

custom

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of custom

1 a usual manner of behaving or doing

  • it is my custom to have half a bagel and coffee for breakfast
Synonyms of custom

fashion, habit, habitude, pattern, practice (also practise), ritual, second nature, trick, way, wont
Words Related to custom

addiction

disposition

bent, inclination, proclivity, set, tendency, tenor, turn

bag, convention, form, mode, style

usage, use

deportment, manners, mores

drill, groove, jog trot, regime (also régime), regimen, rote, routine, rut

affectation, airs, pose

attribute, characteristic, mark, trait

eccentricity, kink, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity, tic

2 an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing

  • the custom around here is that the bride's family pays for the wedding
Synonyms of custom

convention, heritage, prescription, rubric, rule, tradition
Words Related to custom

ethic, form, mode, mores, norm, principles, standards, values

birthright, inheritance, legacy

folklore, lore, superstition

culture, lifestyle

3 transactions or economic support provided by customers

  • that restaurant certainly lost my custom after they were cited for health code violations
Synonyms of custom

business, patronage
Words Related to custom

marketplace, trade, traffic

free trade

affairs, dealings, horse-trading

merchandising, retailing, wholesaling

Synonym Discussion of custom

habit, practice, usage, custom, wont mean a way of acting fixed through repetition. habit implies a doing unconsciously and often compulsively.
    • had a habit of tapping his fingers
practice suggests an act or method followed with regularity and usually through choice.
    • our practice is to honor all major credit cards
usage suggests a customary action so generally followed that it has become a social norm.
    • western-style dress is now common usage in international business
custom applies to a practice or usage so steadily associated with an individual or group as to have almost the force of unwritten law.
    • the custom of wearing black at funerals
wont usually applies to a habitual manner, method, or practice of an individual or group.
    • as was her wont, she slept until noon

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