When you go abroad, you'd better keep in mind that tipping is customary.
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Customary
//ˈkʌs.təˌmɛɹ.i//
Synonyms for "customary" (116 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (58)
mythologicalnaturalnormalnormativeobtainingof long standingof the faithof the folkoralordinaryorthodoxorthodoxicalpopularpredominatingprescribedprescriptiveprevailingprevalentproperreceived
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Adjective(2 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
8 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- νόμιμος adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
Bengali
2 entries- রেওয়াজী adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- রেওয়াজী adj (holding or held by custom)
Bulgarian
2 entries- обичаен adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- обичаен adj (holding or held by custom)
French
4 entries- coutumier adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- coutumier adj (holding or held by custom)
- d'usage adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- habituel adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
German
1 entries- üblich adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
Greek
1 entries- εθιμικός adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
Hebrew
1 entries- מְקֻבָּל adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
Hindi
4 entries- परंपरागत adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- परंपरागत adj (holding or held by custom)
- पारंपरिक adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- पारंपरिक adj (holding or held by custom)
Hungarian
4 entries- elmaradhatatlan adj (holding or held by custom)
- megszokott adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- obligát adj (holding or held by custom)
- szokásos adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
Ido
2 entries- kustumala adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- kustumala adj (holding or held by custom)
Indonesian
2 entries- beradat adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- beradat adj (holding or held by custom)
Irish
2 entries- gnásúil adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- iondúil adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
Italian
1 entries- consueto adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
Latin
2 entries- solitus adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- ūsitātus adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
Occitan
3 entries- abitual adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- costumièr adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- usual adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مسنون adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
Russian
2 entries- обы́чный adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- привы́чный adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
Spanish
4 entries- acostumbrado adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- consueto adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- consuetudinario adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- consuetudinario adj (holding or held by custom)
Swedish
2 entries- av hävd adj (holding or held by custom)
- bruklig adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
Turkish
2 entries- alışılagelen adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
- alışılagelmiş adj (agreeing with, or established by, custom)
Welsh
2 entries- arferlyfr noun (a book containing laws and usages, or customs)
- llyfr arferion noun (a book containing laws and usages, or customs)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
In Japan it is not customary to tip for good service.
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In particular, it is customary for actual examples of use of the harmonic mean to generally cover "average speed," and explain no further than that.
Source: tatoeba (327881)
In Asian culture it's customary to take one's shoes off before entering a house or temple.
Source: tatoeba (608950)
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