Antonyms for custom
ˈkʌs təmcus·tom

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. custom

   Habit is a tendency or inclination toward an action or condition, which by repetition has become easy, spontaneous, or even unconscious, or an action or regular series of actions, or a condition so induced. 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. It is the custom of tradesmen to open at a uniform hour, and to follow a regular routine of business until closing-time. Habit always includes an involuntary tendency, natural or acquired, greatly strengthened by frequent repetition of the act, and may be uncontrollable, or even unconscious. Habitude is habitual relation or association. Custom is chiefly used of the action of many; habit of the action of one; we speak of the customs of society, the habits of an individual. Fashion is the generally recognized custom in the smaller matters, especially in dress. A rule is prescribed either by some external authority or by one's own will; as, it is the rule of the house; or, I make it my invariable rule. System is the coordination of many acts or things into a unity, and is more and better than routine. Use and usage denote the manner of using something; we speak of one person's use of language, but of the usage of many; a use or usage is almost always a habit. Practise is the active doing of something in a systematic way; we do not speak of the practise, but of the habit of going to sleep; we speak of a tradesman's custom, a lawyer's or a physician's practise. Educationally, practise is the voluntary and persistent attempt to make skill a habit; as, practise in penmanship. Wont is blind and instinctive habit like that which attaches an animal to a locality: the word is now almost wholly poetic. Compare DRESS.

   Synonyms:
   fashion, habit, habitude, practise, routine, rule, system, usage, use, wont

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. custom

   Antonyms:
   law, regulation, dictate, command, rule, disuse, nonobservance, desuetude

   Synonyms:
   manner, habit, use, usage, fashion, practice, prescription

Matched Categories

1. • Duty
   • Practice
   • Survival

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. custom, usage, usancenoun

   accepted or habitual practice

   Synonyms:
   impost, utilisation, consumption, usance, customs, employment, usage, tradition, use, customs duty, exercise, utilization, economic consumption, use of goods and services

2. custom, traditionnoun

   a specific practice of long standing

   Synonyms:
   tradition, usage, customs, customs duty, impost, usance

3. customs, customs duty, custom, impostnoun

   money collected under a tariff

   Synonyms:
   usance, customs, usage, springer, tradition, customs duty, impost

4. customadjective

   habitual patronage

   "I have given this tailor my custom for many years"

   Synonyms:
   tradition, usage, customs, customs duty, impost, usance

5. custom-made, customadjective

   made according to the specifications of an individual

   Synonyms:
   custom-made

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1. customnoun

   Synonyms:
   usage, practice, conventionality, patronage, impost, duty, tribute

How to use custom in a sentence?

1. President Obama:

   But I rejected the notion that nothing’s changed, what happened in Ferguson may not be unique, but it’s no longer endemic, or sanctioned by law and custom. And before the Civil Rights Movement, it most surely was.

2. Blaire Moskowitz:

   Sarah Jessica Parker revealed how she was in awe of the designer during fittings for a custom piece, and when the two of them rode together to the Met ball, they remained respectively shy of one another.

3. Danielle Applestone:

   It’s a CNC machine for making custom Monster High dolls, the software used to do the designs and control the MonsterMaker is very much like a videogame. You can’t beat the tagline either: ‘You’ve created a monster!’.

4. Kristen Waggoner:

   Jack Phillips serves all people but shouldn't be forced to create custom cakes with messages that violate Jack Phillips conscience, radical activists and government officials are targeting artists like Jack Phillips because they won't promote messages on marriage and sexuality that violate their core convictions.

5. William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 4:

   But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honoured in the breach than the observance.

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