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accustomed

accustomed

5 3.4
Familiar with something because you do it often
  • adjective
  • /əˈkʌstəmd/
translation icon : acostumbrado
  • She grew accustomed to waking up early for her morning jog.
  • so accustomed

We could also say the accustomed way of human beings.

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Examples

  • And of course, people have become accustomed to cheap flights.

  • People are accustomed to high quality UI these days.

  • But they, when they were friends, they were accustomed to the fun stuff.

  • We are so accustomed to watching our feet.

  • You just want me to stay fixed in my accustomed role," I said.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • And we're gradually becoming accustomed to pictures like this.

  • I think people have become accustomed to the very rich sound of samples.

  • We're accustomed to Sam being here and Bondell being here.

  • At first, separation anxiety is usually overcome as a child becomes more accustomed to her new routine.

    Blog text (5)
  • I'm saying those feelings that you've become accustomed to labeling as bad, you'll feel those again.

Synonyms

used to
vsaccustomed
2.3

Comfortable with something because you do it often

covers that familiarity but also applies to regular present practice
usual
vsaccustomed
1.0

Happening most of the time in a normal way

suggests familiarity from repetition rather than mere frequency
familiar
vsaccustomed
793 1.0

Well known because you have seen or experienced it before

focuses more on regular practice making something usual
accustomed to
vsaccustomed
116 3.5

Familiar with something because you do it often

is the same meaning but expressed as a short phrase form
customary
vsaccustomed
70 3.5

Something done because of tradition or habit

is more about personal familiarity through repetition
habitual
vsaccustomed
28 4.0

Happens often in the same way

applies more to general familiarity rather than repeated action
inured
vsaccustomed
  • Formal
3 8.2

You do not react strongly to something unpleasant because you are used to it

describes general comfort or familiarity, not toughness to hardship
wonted
vsaccustomed
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A usual way of doing things or behaving

emphasizes individual repeated experience rather than general commonness
conditioned
vsaccustomed
  • Specialized
4.3

Learned to react in a certain way through repeated experience or training

means simple familiarity without implying deliberate training

Antonyms

7 5.3

Not used to something so it feels strange

Idioms

116 3.5

Familiar with something because you do it often

How Familiar

habitual
28 4.0
familiar
793 1.0
accustomed
5 3.4
unfamiliar
104 4.4

Surface Forms

accustomed positive

Morphology

accustomed = accustom (transparent) = ac + custom + ed

Formed regularly from the verb 'accustom' with the participial/adjectival suffix '-ed'; the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Accustomed comes from ac- ('to') plus custom ('habit' or 'usual practice'), so the idea is about doing something again and again. So, if you are accustomed to something, you have done it often and it now feels normal.