conform
Follow the crowd
To conform is to act in accordance with prevailing standards, expectations, or rules: Students are expected to conform to the dress code.
The word often carries a whiff of pressure or loss of individuality—someone who conforms goes along with the group rather than standing apart.
Things that conform match or fit a pattern: The building conforms to safety regulations.
To conform can also mean to make similar or bring into harmony: She conformed her behavior to local customs.
Present for consideration
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- deferDelay or submit
- acquiesceSubmit without protest
- complyFollow rules or requests
follow · obey · heed · respect · capitulate · surrender · bow · assent
Proper or healthy
- matchGame between opponents
- moldForm-giving container
- alignArrange in a row
- correspondMatch or communicate
accord · agree · coincide · harmonize · mesh · tally · square · dovetail
State of being identical
- homogeneityState of sameness throughout
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- monotonyTiresome lack of change
similarity · regularity · indistinguishability · convergence · replication · synchronization · alignment · cookie-cutter
Join a group seamlessly
- blend inBecome part of surroundings
- belongBe rightly placed
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- peer pressureInfluence from one's equals
norms · expectations · convention · mainstream · tradition · customs · mores · propriety
Official rules governing conduct
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
- policyAdopted principle of action
law · mandate · protocol · procedures · directive · legislation · ordinance · statute
submit
Present for consideration
comply · follow · obey · heed · respect · capitulate · surrender · bow · assent · accede
fit
Proper or healthy
correspond · accord · agree · coincide · harmonize · mesh · tally · square · dovetail · jibe
sameness
State of being identical
- homogeneityState of sameness throughout
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
monotony · similarity · regularity · indistinguishability · convergence · replication · synchronization · alignment · cookie-cutter · carbon copy
fit in
Join a group seamlessly
- blend inBecome part of surroundings
- belongBe rightly placed
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
peer pressure · norms · expectations · convention · mainstream · tradition · customs · mores · propriety · orthodoxy
regulation
Official rules governing conduct
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
policy · law · mandate · protocol · procedures · directive · legislation · ordinance · statute · standards
- conformitycomply, compliant, compliance, obey, obedient
- adaptadapt, adjust, acclimate, accommodate, accustom
- follow the crowdgo along, fall in line, toe the line, copy, mimic
- Post-productionediting, editor, color grading, film editor, color correction
- social changecultural shift, social progress, social norms, cultural fusion, globalization
- mental processesthinking, think, reasoning, cognition, pondering
conformclash
Violent disagreement or collision
conflict · mismatch · diverge · jar · contradict
conformnonconformist
Rejects prevailing social standards
individualize · stand out · nonconforming · deviate · diverge
- gender conformityMatching expected sex-based behaviors
- chair conformationStable hexagonal carbon arrangement
- social conformityAdopting group norms
- gender non-conformingOutside typical masculine-feminine expression
- religious conformityAlignment with established doctrine
- cultural conformityMatching societal behavioral standards
conformity, conforming, conformist, nonconformist, nonconformity, conforms, conformed, nonconforming, conformation