Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Conformity

Nouns
  • conformity, conformance
  • observance
  • habituation. naturalization
  • conventionality etc. (custom) Habit [includes commonness due to frequency of occurrence]
  • agreement etc. Agreement. example, instance, specimen, sample, quotation
  • exemplification, illustration, case in point
  • object lesson
  • elucidation. standard, model, pattern etc. (prototype) [Thing copied.] Prototype. rule, nature, principle
  • law
  • order of things
  • normal state, natural state, ordinary state, model state, normal condition, natural condition, ordinary condition, model condition
  • standing dish, standing order
  • Procrustean law
  • law of the Medes and Persians
  • hard and fast rule.
Verbs
  • conform to, conform to rule
  • accommodate oneself to, adapt oneself to
  • rub off corners. be regular etc. adj.
  • move in a groove
  • follow observe the rules, go by the rules, bend to the rules, obey the rules, obey the precedents
  • comply with, tally with, chime in with, fall in with
  • be guided by, be regulated by
  • fall into a custom, fall into a usage
  • follow the fashion, follow the crowd, follow the multitude
  • pass muster, do as others do
  • stand on ceremony
  • when in Rome do as the Romans do
  • go with the stream, go with the flow, swim with the stream, swim with the current, swim with the tide, blow with the wind
  • stick to the beaten track etc. (habit) Habit [includes commonness due to frequency of occurrence]
  • keep one in countenance. exemplify, illustrate, cite, quote, quote precedent, quote authority, appeal to authority, put a case
  • produce an instance etc. n.
  • elucidate, explain.
Adjectives
  • conformable to rule
  • regular etc. Frequency
  • according to regulation, according to rule, according to Hoyle, according to Cocker, according to Gunter
  • well regulated, orderly
  • symmetric etc. [Regularity of form.] Symmetry. conventional etc. (customary) Habit [includes commonness due to frequency of occurrence]
  • of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence
  • in the natural order of things
  • ordinary, common, habitual, usual, everyday, workaday. in the order of the day
  • naturalized. typical, normal, nominal, formal
  • canonical, orthodox, sound, strict, rigid, positive, uncompromising, shipshape, in point.
Adverbs
  • conformably etc. adj.
  • by rule
  • agreeably to
  • in conformity with, in accordance with, in keeping with
  • according to
  • consistently with
  • as usual
  • more-majorum. for the sake of conformity
  • as a matter of course, of course
  • for form's sake, by the card. invariably, c. (uniformly) Uniformity. for example, e.g.
  • among other things
  • for instance.
Phrases
  • they are happy men whose natures sort with their they are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations" [Bacon]. The nail that sticks up hammered down [Jap.Tr.]
  • Tall poppy syndrome
  • Stick your neck out and it may get cut off.