Synonyms for custom
- noun
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Usage
use, usage, practice US, practise UK, way, fashion, habit, form, forme US, rite, mode, prescription, matter of course, manner, guise, convention, vogue, observance, routine, formality, conventionality, habitude, wont dated, wone dated
2. Tax — toll, tax, or tribute
tax, impost, customs duty, duty, toll
Other
tradition, folk way, institution, patronage, trade dated
Adjective
1. Custom-made — made or done in a way adjusted to fit the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., customer, health care…
custom-made, custom-built, tailor-made, made-to-order, bespoke UK IE, tailored, purpose-built
Definitions
- n. 1
Toll, tax, or tribute.
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
- n. 2
Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
Much forbidden by elder custom is accepted today.
- adj. 1
Made or done in a way adjusted to fit the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.
My feet are very large, so I need custom shoes, specially made by a custom tailor.
Related words
- Word family
- custom-built custom-made custom-make customary customer customize
- Phrases
- custom house custom car custom vehicle
Forms
- Plural
- customs → uses, usages, practices, ways…
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| custom | steady | |
| habitude | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- way1, use1, tax1
- 4 letters
- form1, duty2, mode1, wont1, toll1, rite1, wone
- 5 letters
- trade1, usage2, habit2, vogue1, guise1, forme
- 6 letters
- manner2, impost
- 7 letters
- fashion2, routine2, bespoke2
- 8 letters
- practice2, tailored2, practise2, habitude
- 9 letters
- tradition3, patronage3, formality4
- 10 letters
- convention3, observance3
- 11 letters
- institution4
- 12 letters
- prescription3
- 15 letters
- conventionality
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (duty2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- coutume
- Italiano
- consuetudine
- Català
- costum