conform

Speech parts

1. conform - Adjective

2. conform - Verb

Meaning

Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.

To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; -- usually with to or unto.

To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit; -- with to or with.

To comply with the usages of the Established Church; to be a conformist.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

adjust comply suit follow meet match respect fit agree observe accommodate correspond satisfy submit adapt
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Antonyms

deviate johnny herald reb mix in game
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Hypernyms

get used to

Hyponyms

square focus match scan obey assimilate

Related terms

conformity conformation conformance conformist conformer conformism

Phrases with the word

make conform generally conform

Derivatives

conformed conforming

Examples

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another. Quentin Crisp

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint. Alexander Hamilton

I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people. John Lennon

Not to be considered queer conform to the crowd. Afghan Proverb

Fashion is a tyrant from which there is no deliverance; all must conform to its whimsical. French Proverb

A man's faults all conform to his type of mind. Observe his faults and you may know his virtues. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

confomer confoozled conforaneous conform to conformability conformable