conformable

• Adjectif signifiant obéissant, soumis, ou apte à se plier aux règles ou aux normes ; de nos jours largement vieilli dans l'usage courant.

An adjective meaning compliant, obedient, or adaptable to rules or standards; now largely archaic in common usage.

1. Quick to complyC1formal

   Willing to follow rules, orders, or requests without resistance.

   Disposé à obéir

   • The new employee was remarkably conformable to the company's policies.
   • A conformable student is often praised by teachers.
   • He was always conformable to his parents' wishes.

   Synonymesacquiescentamenablebiddablecompliantdeferentialdocileobedientsubmissivetractableyielding

   Antonymesdefiantdisobedientinsubordinateintractableobstinaterebelliousrecalcitrantrefractoryunruly

2. Disposed or willing to complyC1formal

   Having a tendency to agree or act in accordance with others.

   Disposé à se conformer

   • She was conformable to the suggestions of the committee.
   • The team was conformable to the new working hours.
   • A conformable attitude helps in collaborative environments.

   Synonymesaccommodatingagreeableamenablecomplaisantcompliantdocileobedienttractableyielding

   Antonymesdefiantinsubordinateintractablenoncompliantobstinaterebelliousrecalcitrantrefractoryunruly

3. In keepingC1formal

   Consistent or in harmony with something.

   Conforme, en accord

   • His actions were conformable to his stated principles.
   • The design is conformable with the original specifications.
   • Her behavior was not conformable to the expected standards.

   Synonymesaccordingagreeablecompatibleconsistentconsonantharmonious

   Antonymescontrarydiscordantincompatibleincongruousinconsistent