Synonyms of the word

usage

• n. The manner or the amount of using; use.
• n. Habit or accepted practice.
• n. (lexicography) The ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, determined by a lexicographer's…
• n. (obsolete) The treatment of someone or something.

activity

• n. The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active…
• n. Something done as an action or a movement.
• n. Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
• n. Use (of internet, Playstation, bank account etc.).

custom

• n. Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice;…
• n. Traditional beliefs or rituals.
• n. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases…
• n. (law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent;…
• n. (obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
• n. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
• adj. Created under particular specifications, specially to fit one's needs: specialized, unique, custom-made.
• adj. Own, personal, not standard or premade.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make familiar; to accustom.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To supply with customers.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To pay the customs of.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To have a custom.

employment

• n. A use, purpose.
• n. The act of employing.
• n. The state of being employed.
• n. The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid.
• n. An activity to which one devotes time.
• n. (economics) The number or percentage of people at work.

exercise

• n. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
• n. Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness.
• n. A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
• n. The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
• n. (obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
• v. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
• v. (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
• v. (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
• v. (now often in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful…
• v. (obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.

pattern

• n. Model, example.
• n. A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
• n. A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative…
• n. The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
• n. A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen…
• n. (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
• v. To apply a pattern.
• v. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model;…
• v. To follow an example.
• v. To fit into a pattern.
• v. (transitive) To serve as an example for.

practice

• n. Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
• n. An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
• n. (uncountable) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
• n. (countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
• n. The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
• n. A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
• n. Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
• n. (law) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various…
• n. Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.
• n. (mathematics) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in…
• v. US spelling of practise.

survival

• n. The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
• n. (as a modifier) Of, relating to or aiding survival.
• n. (sports) The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division.

usance

• n. The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange.
• n. Use.
• n. Customary or habitual usage.
• n. The interest paid on a borrowed sum, usury.

use

• n. The act of using.
• n. (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
• n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
• n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
• n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
• n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
• n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
• n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
• n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward…
• v. To accustom; to habituate.
• v. (reflexive, obsolete) To become accustomed (to), to accustom oneself (to).
• v. (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
• v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
• v. (transitive, often with up) To exhaust the supply of; to consume by employing.
• v. (transitive) To exploit.
• v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
• v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
• v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
• v. (transitive, with auxiliary could) To need; to benefit from.
• v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.

utilisation

• n. The act of using something.
• n. The manner in which something is used.
• n. The state of being used.

utilization

• n. (Canada, US, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilisation.