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Synonyms and Antonyms of customary

  1. 1 accepted, used, or practiced by most people <the customary response to the greeting “How are you?” is “Fine, thanks”> Synonyms conventional, current, going, popular, prevailing, prevalent, standard, stock, usualRelated Words average, common, everyday, normal, ordinary; regular, routine; epidemic, ubiquitous, universal, widespread; accustomed, wonted; fashionable, in, modish, stylishNear Antonyms abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, uncommonAntonyms nonstandard, unconventional, unpopular, unusual

  2. 2 based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation <the customary toasting of the bride and groom at their wedding reception> Synonyms classical, conventional, traditional, prescriptiveRelated Words authentic, established, fixed, historical; common, habitual, orthodox, usual; ancestral, historic, old-time, old-world; aged, age-old, ancient, antediluvian, hoary, old, venerable; ageless, dateless, immemorial, timelessNear Antonyms contemporary, current, modern, modernized, new, new-age, present-day, updated, up-to-date; futuristic, high-tech (also hi-tech), hot, latest, mod, modernistic, newfangled, new-fashioned, red-hot, space-age, state-of-the-art, supermodern, ultramodern; nonconformist, nonorthodox, original, progressive, revolutionary, unorthodox, unprecedented, unusualAntonyms nontraditional, unconventional, uncustomary, untraditional

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