Accustomed

English

Etymology

accustom + -ed

Pronunciation

ac'cus*tomed

• IPA: /ə.ˈkəs.təm.əd/

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Adjective

Accustomed (comparative more Accustomed, superlative most Accustomed)

1. Familiar through use; usual; customary.
   • An accustomed action - Shakespeare, Macbeth, V-v
2. Inured to; adapted to existing conditions.

   accustomed to walking long distances

   accustomed to cold

3. (obsolete) Frequented by customers
   • A well accustomed shop - Smollett

Verb

accustomed

1. Simple past tense and past participle of accustom.

Thesaurus

accepted; acclimated; acclimatized; accommodated; adapted; adjusted; average; case-hardened; chronic; common; commonplace; conditioned; confirmed; conventional; current; customary; everyday; experienced; familiar; familiarized; habitual; habituated; hardened; household; inured; naturalized; normal; normative; ordinary; orientated; oriented; popular; predominating; prescriptive; prevailing; regular; regulation; routine; run-in; seasoned; set; standard; stock; traditional; trained; universal; used; used to; usual; vernacular; wont; wonted

Translations

familiar

Armenian: սովորական (hy) (sovorakan) Bulgarian: свикнал (bg) Finnish: tottunut (fi) French: accoutumé (fr) German: gewohnt (de)

Italian: abituato (it), avvezzo (it) Japanese: 慣れる (nareru) Portuguese: acostumado (pt) m. Scottish Gaelic: cleachdte (gd) Spanish: acostumbrado (es)

inured to; adapted to existing conditions

Armenian: սովոր (hy) (sovor), վարժված (hy) (varžvaç)

Scottish Gaelic: cleachdte (gd)