Synonyms of the word wont


WONTCUSTOM - HABIT - TRADITION - USAGE - USANCE - USE

wont

  • n. (archaic) One's habitual way of doing things; custom, practice.
  • adj. (archaic) Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something).
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To make (someone) used to; to accustom.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something).

custom

  • n. Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice;…
  • n. Traditional beliefs or rituals.
  • n. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases…
  • n. (law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent;…
  • n. (obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
  • n. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
  • adj. Created under particular specifications, specially to fit one's needs: specialized, unique, custom-made.
  • adj. Own, personal, not standard or premade.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To make familiar; to accustom.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To supply with customers.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To pay the customs of.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To have a custom.

habit

  • n. An action done on a regular basis.
  • n. An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
  • n. A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.
  • n. A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.
  • n. (archaic) Outward appearance; attire; dress.
  • n. (botany, mineralogy) Form of growth or general appearance of a variety or species of plant or crystal.
  • n. An addiction.
  • v. To clothe.
  • v. (archaic) To inhabit.

tradition

  • n. A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing…
  • n. A commonly held system.
  • n. The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
  • v. (obsolete) To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.

usage

  • n. The manner or the amount of using; use.
  • n. Habit or accepted practice.
  • n. (lexicography) The ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, determined by a lexicographer's…
  • n. (obsolete) The treatment of someone or something.

usance

  • n. The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange.
  • n. Use.
  • n. Customary or habitual usage.
  • n. The interest paid on a borrowed sum, usury.

use

  • n. The act of using.
  • n. (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
  • n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
  • n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
  • n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
  • n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
  • n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
  • n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
  • n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward…
  • v. To accustom; to habituate.
  • v. (reflexive, obsolete) To become accustomed (to), to accustom oneself (to).
  • v. (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
  • v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
  • v. (transitive, often with up) To exhaust the supply of; to consume by employing.
  • v. (transitive) To exploit.
  • v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
  • v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
  • v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
  • v. (transitive, with auxiliary could) To need; to benefit from.
  • v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.

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