NYT Dictionary

CONFORM

/kənˈfɔɹm/
Verbcon-FORMcon-form · 2 syllablesGrade 12

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2021, 2024, 2025

Meaning

To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.

Etymology

Origin: Middle English

From Middle English conformen, borrowed from Middle French and Anglo-Norman conformer, from Latin conformāre (“to mould, to shape after”).

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

acquiescecomplygo along to get alongknuckle undersubmitblow with the windconformfall in linefall in withhew

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 2 recorded puzzles:

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