conformable

con·form·able

adj \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

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Rhymes with CONFORMABLE

deformable, performable, reformable, transformable