Meanings
comparative more conformable · superlative most conformable
- Having the same shape or form; very similar.
A coincidence is the intersection of two lines, neither of which need possess in itself the least significance. When three lines meet at the selfsame point of time or space the laws of chance suggest the probability of some conformable agency.
1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London2 more examples
According to that Cabaliſticall Dogma: If Abram had not had this Letter [i.e., ה (he)] added unto his Name he had remained fruitleſſe, and without the power of generation: […] So that being ſterill before, he received the power of generation from that meaſure and manſion in the Archetype; and was made conformable unto Binah.
1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter V.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 192In age well-balanced, in personal appearance fairly matched, and in domestic requirements conformable, in temper this couple differed, though even here they did not often clash, he being equable, if not lymphatic, and she decidedly nervous and sanguine.
1888, Thomas Hardy, “An Imaginative Woman”, in Wessex TalesSynonyms: alike, corresponding, similar, akin, alike, comparable, corresponding, homologous
- Suitable; compliant.
Synonyms: compatible, fitting, in line, commensurate, compatible, compliant, conformant, congruent
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving the same shape or form; very similar.
adjectiveSuitable; compliant.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivequick to comply
adjectivein keeping
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinconformabilis
- Englishconformable
Latin conformabilis
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian подобен, съответствуващ
- подобен (podoben)having the same shape
- съответствуващ (săotvetstvuvašt)having the same shape
French conforme
- conformehaving the same shape
Italian conforme
- conformehaving the same shape
Portuguese conforme
- conformehaving the same shape
Romanian conform
- conformhaving the same shape
Spanish conforme
- conformehaving the same shape
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