CONFORM, CONFORMABLE, CONFORMING, CONFORMIST
ADJECTIVES
1380 ► ORDINAL conformable to order, rule, or custom; regular, ordinary, orderly → obs.
1529 ► ORDINARY conformable to order or rule; regular; orderly, methodical → obs.
1536 ► QUADRANT conforming to or with; agreeing, consonant, conforming to or with → obs.
1581 ► ORDERLY conformable to established order or rule; regular → obs.
1657 ► FASHIONABLE conformable to → obs.
1657 ► QUADRATE conformable, corresponding to or with → obs.
1950 ► BUTTON-DOWN conforming, holding establishment, conservative values → sl., orig. US
NOUNS
20C ► CLOBBERING MACHINE pressure to conform with accepted standards → NZ colloq.
NOUNS, PERSON
1796 ► AWKWARD SQUAD collectively, people who do not, or will not, conform; a notional grouping of people who are ‘difficult’; a set of people who tend to behave in an obstructive way or who express opposition or dissent → Brit.
1923 ► BABBITT a conformist; a conventional person → Amer. sl.
1950 ► SQUARE a conformist → Amer. sl.
1950 ► SQUIRREL a conformist → Amer. sl.
1966 ► BARBIE → BARBIE DOLL a super-conformist, conventionally attractive woman
1982 ► WACKIE → WACKY a person who conforms to all; one who assumes all forms or fashions → obs.
1982 ► WACKIE → WACKY a conformist; a stereotypical member of the working-class → UK teen sl.
VERBS
1300 ► SUE to conform to, to comply with the conditions of → obs.
1610 ► QUADRATE to conform with; to agree, to correspond
1845 ► WALK THE CHALK to conform rigorously to a prescribed standard; to behave oneself; to obey implicitly → Amer. dial.
1851 ► WALK THE CHALK LINE to conform rigorously to a prescribed standard; to behave oneself; to obey implicitly → Amer. dial.
L19.. ► HEW to conform to → N. Amer.
1905 ► WALK THE CHALK MARK to conform rigorously to a prescribed standard; to behave oneself; to obey implicitly → Amer. dial.