Meaning & use
accustomed
Familiar with something through regular experience, and therefore no longer surprised or bothered by it.
See it in a sentence
After years abroad, she became accustomed to eating dinner much later at night.
He was accustomed to the noise of the city and slept through the sirens.
A note on using this word
Accustomed is almost always followed by 'to', as in 'accustomed to something', rather than a direct object.
Words with a similar meaning
used tofamiliar with
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Words with an opposite meaning
unaccustomed
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