conform to

Verb

Meaning

behave in accordance or in agreement with

fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction

observe

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

keep ape follow meet fit fill observe correspond satisfy fulfill submit subordinate adapt conform comply
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Antonyms

hector captain dragoon control head lead
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Hypernyms

provide supply follow copy comply simulate

Hyponyms

suit content stay fit answer accommodate

Examples

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

Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture. David Bohm

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

confoozled conforaneous conform conformability conformable conformable person