conformverb [ I ]
uk/kənˈfɔːm/us/kənˈfɔːrm/to behave according to the usual standards of behaviour that are expected by a group or society:
At our school, you were required to conform, and there was no place for originality.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Custom, tradition & conformity
- apple pie
- as American as apple pie idiom 1
- backward-looking
- backwards
- be (like) sheep idiom
- blend into the scenery idiom
- cue
- folk
- folk memory
- folklore
- follow the crowd idiom
- go/swim against the tide idiom
- nonconformist
- norm
- orthodoxy
- patrimony
- reactionary
- scenery
- sheep
- zeitgeist
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Phrasal verb(s)
conform to/with sth