customary
Done as a habit or tradition; usual.
customary in a sentence
- It is customary in our house to have pancakes every Saturday morning.
- It is customary for the crowd to sing the club anthem before every home match.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to customary?
- Aodd
- Brare
- Cuncommon
- Dusual
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D: usual. The other three mean the opposite of customary.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to customary?
- Arare
- Bnormal
- Cusual
- Dtraditional
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A: rare. The other three mean nearly the same as customary.
Words that mean something similar
usual, normal, traditional
Words that mean the opposite
rare, odd, uncommon
More words about time & change
- disastrous: Causing great damage, trouble or failure.
- dormant: Not active now, as if asleep, but able to wake up later.
- drastic: Sudden and extreme, with a very big effect.
- durable: Strong enough to last a long time without breaking.
- ebb: To slowly get weaker or drain away, like the tide going out.
- elapse: To go by or pass, used when talking about time.
- endure: To put up with something difficult for a long time.
- ensue: To happen straight after something else, often because of it.
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test