conformable

con·form·able

adjective \kən-ˈfȯr-mə-bəl\

Definition of CONFORMABLE

1

: corresponding or consistent in form or character <conduct conformable to their principles>

2

: submissive, compliant <be patient and conformable to my directions — Sir Walter Scott>

3

: following in unbroken sequence —used of geologic strata formed under uniform conditions

— con·form·ably \-blē\ adverb

Examples of CONFORMABLE

1. <one of the more conformable inmates in a prison that's filled with unruly ones>

First Known Use of CONFORMABLE

15th century

Related to CONFORMABLE

Synonyms

amenable, biddable, compliant, obedient, docile, law-abiding, submissive, tractable

Antonyms

balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, noncompliant, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, unamenable, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful (or wilful)

Related Words

acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, duteous, dutiful, obliging, placable; soft, surrendering, yielding; fawning, kowtowing, obeisant, obsequious, servile, slavish, subordinate, subservient; decorous, disciplined, mannerly, orderly; constrained, curbed, inhibited, repressed, restrained; controllable, disciplinable, governable, handleable, manageable, tame, teachable, tractable, trainable; gentle, meek, mild

Near Antonyms

insurgent, mutinous; dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, peevish, pigheaded, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding; uncontrollable, unmanageable, wild; balky, defiant, perverse, resistant; bad, disorderly, errant, misbehaving, mischievous, naughty; ill-bred, undisciplined; dissident, nonconformist; disrespectful, ill-mannered, impolite, impudent, insolent, rude

Rhymes with CONFORMABLE

deformable, performable, reformable, transformable