| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical make-up and health |
| Synonyms: | architecture, build, character, composition, construction, content, contents, design, disposition, essence, form, formation, frame, habit, habitus, nature, physique, structure, temper, temperament, type, vitality |
| Main Entry: | culture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ideas, values of a people |
| Synonyms: | arts and sciences, civilization, convention, customs, development, ethnology, folklore, folkways, grounding, habit, humanism, knowledge, lifestyle, mores, society, the arts, way of life |
| Notes: | culture is acquired by study and application; cultivation is developed by training and exposure |
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual action |
| Synonyms: | addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, habitude, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot, swim, thing, trick, usage, use, way, wont |
| Notes: | costume and custom were actually two forms of the same Latin root consuetudinem 'habit, custom,' with costume first meaning 'manners and customs belonging to a particular time and place' |
| Antonyms: | departure, deviation, difference, divergence, irregularity |
| Main Entry: | dependence/dependency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addiction, need |
| Synonyms: | attachment, contingency, habit, helplessness, hook, inability, security blanket, servility, subjection, subordination, subservience, vulnerability, weakness, yoke |
| Antonyms: | independence, subtraction, want |
| Main Entry: | disposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal temperament |
| Synonyms: | bag*, being, bent, bias, cast, character, complexion, constitution, cup of tea, druthers, emotions, flash, frame of mind, groove*, habit, humor, identity, inclination, individualism, individuality, leaning, make-up, mind-set, mood, nature, penchant, personality, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, readiness, spirit, stamp, temper, tendency, tenor, thing*, tone, type, vein |
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clothing; woman's garment |
| Synonyms: | Sunday best, accouterment, apparel, attire, attirement, civvies, costume, covering, drape, dry goods, duds, ensemble, evening clothes, frock, garb, gear, gown, guise, habiliment, habit, muumuu, outfit, pinafore, raiment, robe, shift, skirt, smock, suit, things*, threads, tog, toga, toggery, trappings, uniform, vestment, wardrobe |
| Main Entry: | form |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accepted procedure; ceremony |
| Synonyms: | behavior, by the book, by the numbers, canon, ceremonial, channels, conduct, convenance, convention, custom, decorum, done thing, etiquette, fashion, formality, habit, law, layout, manner, manners, method, mode, practice, precept, proceeding, process, propriety, protocol, regulation, rite, ritual, ropes, rule, setup, style, usage, way |
| Main Entry: | frock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | women's garment |
| Synonyms: | apron, clothing, dress, gown, habit, muumuu, robe |
| Main Entry: | garb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clothing |
| Synonyms: | apparel, appearance, array, attire, clothes, costume, dress, duds, feathers, form, garment, gear, guise, habiliment, habit, outfit, rags, raiment, robes, semblance, things*, threads, uniform, vestments, wear |