customary

Questions about customary

What does customary mean?

customary means "in accordance with convention or custom". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in customary?

customary has 4 syllables: cus-to-mar-y. The stress falls on "cus". In IPA it is /ˈkʌstəˌmɛɹi/.

What is another word for customary?

Close synonyms include accustomed, habitual, wonted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is customary a common word?

customary is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with customary?

6 words rhyme with customary. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.