Synonyms for routine
ruˈtinrou·tine

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1. routine

   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:
   custom, fashion, habit, habitude, practise, rule, system, usage, use, wont

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1. routine

   Synonyms:
   round, course, succession, order, rule, custom, system, sequence, gradation, rotation, stereotype, prescription, tenor, uniformity, method, settlement, regulation

   Antonyms:
   casualty, chance, lottery, fortune, impulse, interest, individuality, merit, spontaneity, alterableness, margin, deviation, modification

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1. routine, modus operandinoun

   an unvarying or habitual method or procedure

   Synonyms:
   act, bit, function, subprogram, procedure, modus operandi, number, subroutine, turn

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary

2. act, routine, number, turn, bitnoun

   a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program

   "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"

   Synonyms:
   turn, figure, morsel, act, spot, piece, twist, turning, procedure, function, bit, flake, second, snatch, bend, subroutine, modus operandi, crook, turn of events, round, deed, mo, subprogram, tour, fleck, chip, go, telephone number, play, identification number, number, minute, phone number, spell, numeral, scrap, moment, human activity, good turn, bout, enactment, bite, issue, human action

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary

3. routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, functionadjective

   a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

   Synonyms:
   turn, modus operandi, subprogram, social function, process, procedure, mathematical function, subroutine, role, occasion, act, number, purpose, affair, part, map, office, operation, use, single-valued function, function, bit, social occasion, mapping

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary

4. everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workadayadjective

   found in the ordinary course of events

   "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant

   Synonyms:
   mundane, daily, terrestrial, terrene, unremarkable, everyday, quotidian, workaday, casual

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary

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1. habit

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1. routinenoun

   Synonyms:
   practice, custom, ordinary way, beaten track, use and wont

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1. routineadjective

   Synonyms:
   custom, round, course

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1. List of paraphrases for "routine":

   systematic, regular, routines, usual, day-to-day, currents, rut, normal, habitual, current, ordinary, daily, common, periodic, commonplace, everyday, systematically, perfunctory

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1. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun:

   If we can maintain a stable management at the current level, we will shift to 'routine social distancing' from May 6.

2. Amy Poehler:

   It was a very routine way of life.

3. House Speaker John Boehner:

   This investigation has never been about former Secretary of State Clinton and never will be, indeed, the Select Committee's very existence is only the result of the Obama administration's obstruction of routine congressional investigations and its failure to properly comply with subpoenas and document requests.

4. Commander Admiral Scott Swift:

   Even now, ships and aircraft operating nearby these features, in accordance with international law are subject to superfluous warnings that threaten routine and commercial operations.

5. Pat Davis:

   She would come home after work, eat supper at my house, and pick up her dog. She'd walk her dog and that was her routine every day.