Meanings
conformist1
plural conformists
- Someone who tries to conform to the mainstream.
Antonyms: nonconformist, maverick
- A noctuid moth (Lithophane furcifera)
comparative more conformist · superlative most conformist
- Conforming to established customs, etc.
Conformist2
plural Conformists
- historicallifestyleIn English history, a person whose religious practices conformed with the requirements of the Act of Uniformity and who was therefore in concert with the established Church of England, as opposed to those of the Nonconformists, whose practices were not acceptable to the Church of England.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who tries to conform to the mainstream.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivemarked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles
adjectiveadhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion)
nounsomeone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian конформист, конформистки
- конформист (konformist)someone who conforms
- конформистки (konformistki)conforming to established customs etc
Chinese Mandarin 隨波逐流者 /随波逐流者, 遵循常規的 /遵循常规的
- 隨波逐流者 /随波逐流者 (suíbōzhúliú zhě)someone who conforms
- 遵循常規的 /遵循常规的 (zūnxún chángguī de)conforming to established customs etc
Czech konformista
- konformistasomeone who conforms
Dutch conformistisch
- conformistischconforming to established customs etc
Finnish konformisti, sovinnainen
- konformistisomeone who conforms
- sovinnainenconforming to established customs etc
- konformistinenconforming to established customs etc
French conformiste
- conformisteconforming to established customs etc
German Konformist, konformistisch
- Konformistsomeone who conforms
- konformistischconforming to established customs etc
Hungarian konformista, konformista
- konformistasomeone who conforms
- konformistaconforming to established customs etc
Italian conformista
- conformistasomeone who conforms
Lithuanian prisitaikėlis, prisitaikėlė
- prisitaikėlissomeone who conforms
- prisitaikėlėsomeone who conforms
- konformistassomeone who conforms
- konformistėsomeone who conforms
- prisitaikantisconforming to established customs etc
- prisitaikanticonforming to established customs etc
- prisitaikėliškasconforming to established customs etc
- prisitaikėliškaconforming to established customs etc
- konformistinisconforming to established customs etc
- konformistinėconforming to established customs etc
Romanian conformist, conformistă
- conformistsomeone who conforms
- conformistăsomeone who conforms
Russian конформи́ст, конформи́стский
- конформи́ст (konformíst)someone who conforms
- конформи́стский (konformístskij)conforming to established customs etc
Spanish conformista, conformista
- conformistasomeone who conforms
- conformistaconforming to established customs etc
Turkish uymacı, konformist
- uymacısomeone who conforms
- konformistsomeone who conforms
- uymacıconforming to established customs etc
- konformistconforming to established customs etc
Cite this entry
conformist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conformist
“conformist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conformist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conformist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conformist.
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