conformance

Main Entry:
conformance [kuhn-fawr-muhns]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: agreement
Synonyms: accord, accordance, coherence, compliance, conformation, conforming, conformity, congruence, congruency, congruity, congruousness, correspondence, harmonization, harmony, similarity, uniformity
Main Entry: conformity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: correspondence, harmony
Synonyms: accord, affinity, agreement, coherence, conformance, congruity, consistency, consonance, likeness, resemblance, similarity
Antonyms: disagreement, discord, nonconformity
Main Entry: harmony
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: correspondence, balance
Synonyms: accord, agreement, articulation, chime, concord, concordance, conformance, conformity, congruity, consistency, consonance, fitness, form, integration, integrity, oneness, order, parallelism, proportion, regularity, suitability, symmetry, togetherness, tune, unity
Antonyms: disproportion, imbalance
Main Entry: accordance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: agreement
Synonyms: accord, conformance, conformation, conformity, congruence, congruity, consensus, consonance, correspondence, harmony, unison
Notes: something (a quality) is in accord with something else; something acts in accordance with something else (an activity)
Main Entry: congruence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: agreement
Synonyms: accord, accordance, coherence, compliance, conformance, conformation, conforming, conformity, congruency, congruity, congruousness, correspondence, harmonization, harmony, similarity, uniformity
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Conformity.
Category: 5. ORDER AS REGARDS CATEGORIES
Synonyms:
-nouns
conformity, conformance; observance; habituation., naturalization; conventionality (custom); agreement., example, instance, specimen, sample, quotation; exemplification, illustration, case in point; object lesson; elucidation., standard, model, pattern (prototype)., rule, nature, principle; law; order of things; normal state, natural state, ordinary state, model state, normal condition, natural condition, ordinary condition, model condition; standing dish, standing order; Procrustean law; law of the Medes and Persians; hard and fast rule.
-verbs
conform to, conform to rule; accommodate oneself to, adapt oneself to; rub off corners., be regular; move in a groove; follow the rules, observe the rules, go by the rules, bend to the rules, obey the rules, obey the precedents; comply with, tally with, chime in with, fall in with; be guided by, be regulated by; fall into a custom, fall into a usage; follow the fashion, follow the crowd, follow the multitude; pass muster, do as others do, hurler avec les loups; stand on ceremony; when in Rome do as the Romans do; go with the stream, go with the flow, swim with the stream, swim with the current, swim with the tide, blow with the wind; stick to the beaten track (habit); keep one in countenance., exemplify, illustrate, cite, quote, quote precedent, quote authority, appeal to authority, put a case; produce an instance; elucidate, explain.
-adjectives
conformable to rule; regular; according to regulation, according to rule, according to Hoyle, according to Cocker, according to Gunter; en regle, selon Ies, reges, well regulated, orderly; symmetric., conventional (customary); of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence; in the natural order of things; ordinary, common, habitual, usual, everyday, workaday., in the order of the day; naturalized.
-adverbs
conformably; by rule; agreeably to; in conformity with, in accordance with, in keeping with; according to; consistently with; as usual, ad instar, instar omnium; more solito, more majorum., for the sake of conformity; as a matter of course, of course; pro forma, for form's sake, by the card., invariably, (uniformly) [more]., for example, for instance; exempli gratia; e. g.; inter alia.
-phrases
cela va sans dire; ex pede Herculem; noscitur a sociis; ne e quovis ligno Mercurius fiat [Erasmus]; "they are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations" [Bacon]. "The nail that sticks up will get hammered down" [Japanese saying];
Antonyms: nonconformity
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