customary
As tradition dictates
Customary describes what is usual or established by long practice within a group or culture.
A customary greeting, a customary tip, a customary waiting period—these reflect what people normally do, not what rules require.
It's customary to remove your shoes before entering.
The word suggests tradition rather than law, though customary practices can harden into expectations.
Done by routine
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- wontedUsual or habitual
- usualOccurring most often
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
everyday · daily · ingrained · instinctive · automatic · reflexive · second-nature · familiar
Following accepted practices
- standardLevel of quality accepted
- typicalRepresentative of a kind
- normalConforming to standard
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
commonplace · mainstream · orthodox · expected · prevailing · widespread · dominant · predominant
Formally agreed to
- approvedOfficially accepted or permitted
- recognizedPerceived as familiar
- establishedFormally set up
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
endorsed · acknowledged · validated · authorized · ratified · confirmed · certified · accredited
Following long-held customs
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- time-honoredRespected due to age
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- folkloricRelating to folk legends
ceremonial · ritualistic · ancient · historic · venerable · long-standing · inherited · handed-down
Rules of polite conduct
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- decorumFitting social conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- moresBinding social standards
manners · conduct · convention · code · politeness · formality · civility · courtesy
Legal status through custom
- precedentPrior authoritative example
- prescriptiveDictating correct usage
- uncodifiedNot systematically recorded
- jurisprudentialOf law's theoretical foundations
usage · immemorial · vested
habitual
Done by routine
regular · everyday · daily · ingrained · instinctive · automatic · reflexive · second-nature · familiar · practiced
conventional
Following accepted practices
ordinary · commonplace · mainstream · orthodox · expected · prevailing · widespread · dominant · predominant · popular
accepted
Formally agreed to
- approvedOfficially accepted or permitted
- recognizedPerceived as familiar
- establishedFormally set up
sanctioned · endorsed · acknowledged · validated · authorized · ratified · confirmed · certified · accredited · consented
traditional
Following long-held customs
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- time-honoredRespected due to age
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
folkloric · ceremonial · ritualistic · ancient · historic · venerable · long-standing · inherited · handed-down · age-old
etiquette
Rules of polite conduct
mores · manners · conduct · convention · code · politeness · formality · civility · courtesy · respectability
common-law
Legal status through custom
- precedentPrior authoritative example
- prescriptiveDictating correct usage
- uncodifiedNot systematically recorded
jurisprudential · usage · immemorial · vested
- establishedestablished, recognized, accepted, acknowledged, confirmed
- liturgical manuscriptsgradual, psalter, hymnal, missal, breviary
- monastery recordschronicle, annals, necrology, rule book, founding charter
- durabilitytoughness, durable, sturdiness, robustness, sturdy
- outdatedobsolete, outdated, out of date, dated, outmoded
- obligationmandatory, obligatory, required, compulsory, optional
customaryunusual
Not often encountered
uncommon · rare · exceptional · atypical · uncustomary
customaryunconventional
Departing from standard practice
nontraditional · untraditional · nonstandard · unorthodox · nonorthodox
customarynovel
New and unusual
newfangled · new-fashioned · modern · new · contemporary
- customary practicesEstablished norms of behavior