Prescriptive
Prescriptive adjective - Based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation.
Usage example: even in this age of e-mail the prescriptive response to a wedding gift is a handwritten thank-you note
Usual and prescriptive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Usual" instead an adjective "Prescriptive".
Usual
Usual adjective - Accepted, used, or practiced by most people.
Prescriptive and usual are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prescriptive" instead an adjective "Usual".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- familiar and prescriptive
- familiar and usual
- normal and prescriptive
- normal and usual
- common and prescriptive
- common and usual
- customary and prescriptive
- customary and usual
- habitual and prescriptive
- habitual and usual
- accustomed and prescriptive
- accustomed and usual
- ordinary and prescriptive
- ordinary and usual
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