Custom
Custom noun - A usual manner of behaving or doing.
Institution and custom are semantically related In some cases you can use "Institution" instead a noun "Custom".
Institution
Institution noun - A custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society.
Usage example: he had become an institution in the theater
Custom and institution are semantically related in practice topic. Sometimes you can use "Custom" instead a noun "Institution", if it concerns topics such as routine.
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How words are described
| human | human custom | human institution |
| old | old custom | old institution |
| special | special custom | special institution |
| similar | similar custom | similar institution |
| Other adjectives: entire, real, great, social, venerable, important, religious, former, military, peculiar, different, cultural, modern, outdated. | ||
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Institution and Custom. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/custom/institution
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