conformity

1. 1.

   correspondence in form or appearance

   Synonymsconformance

   Broaderagreement

   Narrowerjustnessnormality
2. 2.

   acting according to certain accepted standards

   “their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices”

   Synonymsconformationcomplianceabidance

   Antonymsnonconformity

   Broadercooperation

   Narrowerformalitylinehonoringkeeping
3. 3.

   orthodoxy in thoughts and belief

   Synonymsconformism

   Antonymsnonconformity

   Broaderorthodoxy

   Narrowerconventionalitylegalism
4. 4.

   concurrence of opinion

   “we are in accord with your proposal”

   Synonymsaccordaccordance

   Broaderagreement
5. 5.

   hardened conventionality

   Synonymsossification

   Broaderconventionality

Other forms of conformity

plural

conformities·

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 conformity

What does conformity mean?

conformity means "correspondence in form or appearance". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conformity?

conformity has 4 syllables: con-for-mi-ty. The stress falls on "for". In IPA it is /kənˈfɔɹməti/.

What is another word for conformity?

Close synonyms include conformance, conformation, compliance, abidance, conformism. 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 conformity?

The recorded antonyms are nonconformity, nonconformity.

Is conformity a common word?

conformity 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 conformity?

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