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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | typical matter |
| Synonyms: | logical outcome, natural outcome, nothing to wonder at, rule, usual, usual course, usual practice |
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual, traditional action |
| Synonyms: | attitude, canon, ceremony, character, convention, conventionalism, customariness, design, dictates, established way, etiquette, fashion, folkways, form, formality, inheritence, manner, matter of course, method, mode, mold, mores, observance, observation, pattern, performance, policy, practice, praxis, precedent, precept, rite, routine, rule, second nature, style, system, taste, type, unwritten law, unwritten rule, usage, use, vogue, way |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | usage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habit, custom |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, control, convention, currency, form, formula, habitude, handling, management, matter of course, method, mode, operation, practice, praxis, procedure, regime, regulation, rote, routine, rule, running, tradition, treatment, trick, use, way, wont |
| Notes: | the difference between use and usage consists primarily in the fact that the former has a specific, the latter a general sense |
| Main Entry: | foregone conclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sure success |
| Synonyms: | cinch, matter of course, par for the course, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, sure thing, sure-fire proposition |
| Main Entry: | second nature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual behavior pattern |
| Synonyms: | acquired behavior, custom, familiarity, force of habit, habit, habit pattern, matter of course |
| Main Entry: | habitualness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | usualness |
| Synonyms: | beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, customariness, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, habitude, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, normalcy, normality, observance, ordinariness, p, practice, praxis, precedent, prevalence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | habitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custom |
| Synonyms: | addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | usance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custom |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commonplace |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | usual, everyday |
| Synonyms: | boiler plate, characterless, clichéd, colorless, conventional, corny*, customary, dime-a-dozen, familiar, familiar tune, garden variety, hackneyed, humdrum, lowly, mainstream, matter-of-course, mediocre, middle-of-the-road, middling, mundane, natural, normal, obvious, ordinary, pedestrian, plebeian, prevalent, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, stale, starch, stereotyped, threadbare, trite, typical, uneventful, unexceptional, uninteresting, unnoteworthy, vanilla, widespread, workaday, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | exceptional, infrequent, peculiar, rare, uncommon, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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