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practice

noun
variants: also practise

Synonyms and Antonyms of practice

1 a private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance
  • We held one last practice before the big concert.
Synonyms of practice

dry run, rehearsal, trial
Words Related to practice

dress rehearsal

preview

drill, exercise
2 a usual manner of behaving or doing
  • The store's practice has always been to honor all major credit cards.
Synonyms of practice

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

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
3 something done over and over in order to develop skill
  • Practice makes perfect.
Synonyms of practice

drill, exercise, routine, training, workout
Words Related to practice

assignment, homework, lesson

brushup, refresher, review

Synonym Discussion of practice

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

practice

verb
variants: also practise

Synonyms and Antonyms of practice

to do over and over so as to become skilled
  • In order to play the guitar well, you need to practice fingering every single day.
Synonyms of practice

exercise, rehearse, run over
Words Related to practice

groove, perfect, refine

point (for), prepare (for), train (with)

drill, repeat

work (at or on)

review, study

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