Antonyms for conform
kənˈfɔrmcon·form

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1. conformverb

   To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure.

   Synonyms:
   acquiesce, comply, go along to get along, knuckle under, submit

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1. conform

   Antonyms:
   disagree, dissent, vary, dissociate, secede, misfit, dissimilate, misadapt

   Synonyms:
   agree, consent, harmonize, adapt, fit, tally, suit, obey, comply, unite, yield

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1. conformverb

   be similar, be in line with

   Antonyms:
   depart, vary, diverge, deviate

   Synonyms:
   adjust, adapt

2. adjust, conform, adaptverb

   adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

   "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

   Antonyms:
   vary, diverge, depart, deviate

   Synonyms:
   adapt, set, accommodate, align, aline, adjust, correct, line up

How to use conform in a sentence?

1. Mitch Landrieu:

   Commissioner Harrison was the perfect fit to take what was a very difficult task of getting police officers to conform to a new way of doing things and Commissioner Harrison had enough stature in the community where Commissioner Harrison was able to bridge that gap, and Commissioner Harrison was spectacular.

2. Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster:

   An American priority must be preventing the collapse of the Afghan government, lest the Taliban’s partners, including al Qaeda and other jihadist terrorists, re-establish a base to plan, prepare and direct attacks against the U.S., its allies and others who don’t conform to their perverted interpretation of Islam. Other objectives should include limiting the humanitarian disaster and ensuring that the gains the Afghan people—especially women and girls—made since 2001 aren’t lost.

3. Dr Hilaire Mazibu:

   The building does not conform to international regulations but we have reorganized it ... to make sure there is no contamination.

4. Bertrand Russell:

   Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.

5. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne:

   Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

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