The meaning of CUSTOM is a usage or practice common to many or to a particular place or class or habitual with an individual. How to use custom in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of
Definition of custom noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are 18 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word custom, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
custom a practice followed as a matter of course among a people; a habitual practice of an individual: It is her custom to take a walk every night before dinner.
Some common synonyms of custom are habit, practice, usage, and wont. While all these words mean "a way of acting fixed through repetition," custom applies to a practice or usage so