conformist

1. 1.

   marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles

   “underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist”

   Antonymsnonconformist
2. 2.

   adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion)

   Synonymsconforming

   Similarorthodox

   religion

1. 1.

   someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters)

   Antonymsnonconformist

   Broaderconservative

   religion

Other forms of conformist

plural

conformists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about conformist

What does conformist mean?

conformist means "marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conformist?

conformist has 3 syllables: con-for-mist. The stress falls on "for". In IPA it is /kənˈfɔɹmɪst/.

What is another word for conformist?

Close synonyms include conforming. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of conformist?

The recorded antonyms are nonconformist, nonconformist.

Is conformist a common word?

conformist is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with conformist?

2 words rhyme with conformist. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.