COMPLY Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

comply

verb

Definition of comply

as in to acquiesce

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as in to conform

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Recent Examples of comply Another condition set forth by the commission is that Spellacy must comply with the town’s code concerning signage for the property. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 Last week, after Trump demanded that Ukraine stop striking Russian refineries and Kyiv did not comply, its access to a military-grade version of Starlink was restricted and responsibility disappeared into a haze of accusation and denial. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 22 Oct. 2026 All agent tech must comply with these new rules or face a ban from the retailer's website. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026 The lawsuit in District Court for the District of Columbia contends that the federal government failed to comply with numerous statutes. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for comply

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The Jackets obviously acquiesced in a preseason blockbuster deal that sent Matthew Knies the other way, and on Tuesday night, Marchenko got a housewarming gift from his former teammate Adam Fantilli in the form of a bone-crushing hit.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
The United Kingdom acquiesced when the United States overtook it.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of acquiesce

Verb

Furthermore, many conventional devices use brittle, rigid materials that cannot easily stretch or conform to irregular surfaces, limiting their suitability for soft robotics and seamless biological integration.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026
These bog bodies tell stories of a time when humans were sacrificed to the gods in bogs, as otherworldly margins between the human and divine realms, or when social outcasts met a cruel, violent end for failing to conform to societal standards.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of conform

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Kyiv briefly acceded to the request, but has since resumed attacks — and Russia has continued to pound Ukraine’s energy infrastructure throughout the week.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Which would entail the young girl acceding to a reality in which women sometimes deserved to be tortured to death.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of accede

Verb

Highlands has proposed repaying the state through deductions from future state funding, but the bankruptcy court deferred a decision on that proposal until the final hearing in November.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The superstar who deferred most of his record 10-year, $700-million salary so as to enable — to obligate — the Dodgers to build a championship roster around him reached base in three of his four plate appearances Wednesday.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of defer

Verb

One reason for his endorsement is that Bass declined to consent to Mejia performing an audit into her signature homelessness program Inside Safe.

— Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
But dating apps are not largely not transparent about how personal information is stored, analyzed, and shared and require you to legally consent to sharing data.

— Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of consent

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The 80,000-word, 317-page book was instead free to anyone who subscribed, with the final chapter releasing on August 31.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2026
This means that underwriters would be required to purchase any IPO shares that investors fail to subscribe for, potentially leaving them responsible for the entire offering.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

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