Need another word that means the same as “tradition”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “tradition” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Tradition” are: custom, oral history, heritage, practice, convention, ritual, ceremony, observance, wont, routine, way, rule, usage, habit, style, movement, method
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tradition” as a noun can have the following definitions:
ceremony | An act or series of acts performed according to a traditional or prescribed form. A ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor. |
convention | Orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional. Political convention. |
custom | Regular dealings with a shop or business by customers. Custom demanded that a person should have gifts for the child. |
habit | Attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman’s attire. Nuns in long brown habits black veils and sandals. |
heritage | Denoting a traditional brand or product regarded as emblematic of fine craftsmanship. The world s heritage of knowledge. |
method | A particular procedure for accomplishing or approaching something, especially a systematic or established one. A method for software maintenance. |
movement | A campaign undertaken by a political social or artistic movement. The Civil Aviation Authority directed 125 000 aircraft movements in 1991. |
observance | The action of watching or noticing something. He drew up a body of monastic observances. |
oral history | An examination conducted by spoken communication. |
practice | The actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories relating to it. He abandoned medical practice for the Church. |
ritual | A prescribed order for performing a ritual ceremony especially one characteristic of a particular religion or Church. She likes the High Church ritual. |
routine | A sequence of actions regularly followed. She had a catchy little routine. |
rule | A rule describing or prescribing a linguistic practice. The rule of Caesar. |
style | In an invertebrate a small slender pointed appendage a stylet. The world famous hotel attracts guests because of its style and taste. |
usage | The act of using. The usage of equipment. |
way | A general category of things used in the expression in the way of. A lonely way of life. |
wont | One’s customary behaviour. Constance as was her wont had paid her little attention. |
aboriginal | An aboriginal inhabitant of a place. The aboriginal peoples of Australia. |
anthropology | The social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings. |
conservatism | A political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes. A party that espoused conservatism. |
conservative | Unimaginatively conventional- Newsweek. They were very conservative in their outlook. |
convention | Orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional. He was an upholder of convention and correct form. |
cultural | Relating to the arts and to intellectual achievements. Influenced by ethnic and cultural ties. |
culture | A preparation of cells obtained by culture. The developing drug culture. |
custom | Made or done to order custom made. I have given this tailor my custom for many years. |
customary | (in South Africa) relating to black African traditional custom or law. Took his customary morning walk. |
diehard | One who adheres to traditional views. My stepfather was a diehard Republican. |
ethnicity | An ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties. The interrelationship between gender ethnicity and class. |
ethnology | The study of the characteristics of different peoples and the differences and relationships between them. |
ethos | The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations. A challenge to the ethos of the 1960s. |
exoteric | Intended for or likely to be understood by the general public. Writings of an exoteric nature. |
folklore | The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture. Hollywood folklore. |
hyperborean | (Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind. |
immemorial | Originating in the distant past; very old. An immemorial custom. |
milieu | A person’s social environment. Gregory came from the same aristocratic milieu as Sidonius. |
miscegenation | Reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons. They believe in miscegenation as the answer to world peace. |
mores | (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group. An offence against social mores. |
morris | United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902. |
orthodox | Adhering to what is commonly accepted. Orthodox medical treatment. |
outdated | Out of date; obsolete. Outdated equipment. |
philistine | Smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values. A philistine government. |
primeval | Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state. A primeval desire. |
relic | A person or thing that has survived from an earlier time but is now outmoded. A museum of railway relics. |
renaissance | The revival of learning and culture. |
stodgy | (of food) heavy, filling, and high in carbohydrates. A stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full. |
stuffy | (of a person) not receptive to new or unusual ideas; conventional and narrow-minded. A stuffy feeling in my chest. |
traditional | (of jazz) in the style of the early 20th century. Traditional morality. |
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