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Definition: Conformity |
ConformityNoun1. Correspondence in form or appearance. 2. Acting according to certain accepted standards. 3. Orthodoxy in thoughts and belief. 4. Concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal". 5. Hardened conventionality. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "conformity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Mathematics | In Italian usage, the agreement between experimental results and those expected according to some theoretical scheme. Source: European Union. (references) |
Meteorology & Standards | Fulfilment by a product, process or service of specified requirements. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The ability of an item to meet a stated performance and/or characteristic, the assessment of which does not depend essentially on the passageof time. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ConformitySynonyms: abidance (n), accord (n), accordance (n), compliance (n), conformance (n), conformation (n), conformism (n), ossification (n). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: disobedience (n), nonconformity (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | Conformity; conformance; uniformity; consonance, consentaneousness, consistency; congruity, congruence; keeping; congeniality; correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union. |
Conformity | Noun: {opp. } conformity, conformance; observance; habituation. naturalization; conventionality; (custom); agreement. |
Adverb: conformably; Adjective: 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. | |
Frequency | Regularity, uniformity, constancy, clock-work precision; punctuality; (exactness); even tenor; system; routine; (custom); formula; rule; (form, regulation); keynote, standard, model; precedent; (prototype); conformity. |
Noun: frequency, oftness, oftenness, commonness; repetition; normality; example (conformity); routine, custom (habit). | |
Impulse | Prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice; prevalence, observance; conventionalism, conventionality; mode, fashion, vogue; etiquette; (gentility); order of the day, cry; conformity; consuetude,.dustoor. |
Normality | Noun: normality, normalcy, normalness; familiarity, naturalness; commonness (frequency); rule, standard (conformity); customary (habit); standard, pattern (prototype). |
Truth | Accuracy, exactitude; exactness, preciseness; Adjective: precision, delicacy; rigor, mathematical precision, punctuality; clockwork precision; (regularity); conformity to rule; nicety. |
Uniformity | Noun: uniformity; homogeneity, homogeneousness; consistency; connaturality, connaturalness; homology; accordance; conformity; agreement; consonance, uniformness. regularity, constancy, even tenor,.routine; monotony. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | See what everyone chooses not to see out of fear, conformity or laziness. (Patch Adams; writing credit: Patch Adams; Maureen Mylander) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Averroes | Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect. |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing security of being identified with the majority. |
Earl Nightingale | The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice...it is conformity. |
George F. Baer | Persecution in intellectual countries produces a superficial conformity, but also underneath an intense, incessant, implacable doubt. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Our expenses are all for conformity. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Congress, on the 28th of September, 1787, directed the Constitution so framed, with the resolutions and letter concerning the same, to "be transmitted to the several Legislatures in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each State by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the convention." On the 4th of March, 1789, the day which had been fixed for commencing the operations of Government under the new Constitution, it had been ratified by the conventions chosen in each State to consider it, as follows: Delaware, December 7, 1787; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787; New Jersey, December 18, 1787; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788; South Carolina, May 23, 1788; New Hampshire, June 21, 1788; Virginia, June 25, 1788; and New York, July 26, 1788. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | To aid him in the performance of these duties, he is authorized to appoint certain officers, who act by his authority and in conformity with his orders. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The frontier between Germany and Denmark shall be fixed in conformity with the wishes of the population. (reference) |
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | They make shift to live merely by conformity, practically as their fathers did, and are in no sense the progenitors of a noble race of men. |
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Business | The certificate of conformity provides VAT exemption. (references) | |
A manufacturer's declaration of conformity is acceptable. (references) | ||
So far adherence to GMP is not accepted as confirmation of product conformity. (references) | ||
Children | Taiwan | Existing public buildings were to be brought into conformity by 1995; however, there does not as yet appear to be a substantial effort aimed at refitting older buildings to accommodate persons with disabilities. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Mauritania | The oath of office includes a promise to God to uphold the law of the land in conformity with Islamic precepts. (references) |
Iran | Furthermore the Government has required that several Jewish schools remain open on Saturdays, the Jewish Sabbath, in conformity with the schedule of other schools in the school system. (references) | |
Economic History | Australia | The Board screens investment proposals for conformity with Australian law and policy. (references) |
Djibouti | Then the treasury verifies the conformity of goods to specification before paying the vendor. (references) | |
Austria | Austria's copyright law is in conformity with the EU directives on intellectual property rights. (references) | |
Human Rights | Zimbabwe | In May 2000, President Mugabe, using extraordinary presidential powers, amended the Land Act to bring it into conformity with this amendment. (references) |
Korea | The goal of indoctrination remains to ensure loyalty to the system and leadership, as well as conformity to the State's ideology and authority. (references) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | The RS judicial hierarchy includes a Supreme Court to provide for the unified enforcement of the law and a Constitutional Court to assure conformity of laws, regulations, and general enactments with the Constitution. (references) | |
Minorities | Estonia | In 2000 the State Assembly approved amendments to the Language Law that brought it into conformity with European Union (EU) recommendations regarding language requirements for persons working in the private sector. (references) |
Political Economy | TAIWAN | However, Taiwan is not yet in conformity with WTO norms. (references) |
HAITI | They are making efforts to bring their plants into conformity with such codes. (references) | |
Trade | Switzerland | Switzerland's food law is in general conformity with European Union food law. (references) |
France | Conformity is generally optional for other goods fulfilling private contracts. (references) | |
Taiwan | CNS is similar to or in conformity with international standards such as ISO and IEC. (references) | |
Travel | Ireland | It is not sufficient to merely label a product in conformity to national requirements for the development of the full market potential. (references) |
Worker Rights | Monaco | The Constitution provides for the right to strike in conformity with relevant legislation; however, government workers may not strike. (references) |
Tanzania | The ILO has observed that these provisions are not in conformity with ILO Convention 98 on Collective Bargaining and the Right to Organize. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | The result being satisfactory, I then, in conformity with the act of Congress on the subject, directed the restraints and prohibitions of that intercourse to be discontinued on terms which were made known by proclamation. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | A convention has since been concluded between the parties, under the mediation of His Imperial Majesty, to prescribe the mode by which that article shall be carried into effect in conformity with that decision. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | In the compass of thirty-six years since this great national covenant was instituted a body of laws enacted under its authority and in conformity with its provisions has unfolded its powers and carried into practical operation its effective energies. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | May we know unity--without conformity. |
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| "Conformity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.79% of the time. "Conformity" is used about 473 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.79% | 472 | 12,530 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.21% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 473 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "conformity": conformity to ♦ conformity to rule ♦ in conformity ♦ in conformity with ♦ in conformity with smth. ♦ instance conformity ♦ non conformity ♦ Social Conformity. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "conformity": conformity-base. | |
Ending with "conformity": non-conformity. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "conformity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pajtim (agreement, chime, compliance, conciliation, consistency, correspondence, keeping, propitiation, reconcilement, reconciliation, subscription), përshtatje (accordance, adaptation, adjustment, appropriateness, aptness, concord, conformation, fit, fitness, naturalization, readjustment), nënshtrim (abidance, conquest, enslavement, humility, subdual, subjection, subjugation, submission, subordination, yielding), bindje (amenability, assurance, assuredness, cogency, conviction, docility, expostulation, obedience, persuasion, politics, suasion, submission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مطابقة (accord, accordance, correspondence, identity, stratification), إمتثال (accept smb.'s authority, obedience, subjugation, submissiveness, subordination), إنسجام (accord, accordance, agreement, concert, concord, concordance, congruence, consonance, correspondence, curve, exaltation, harmony, smoothness, sympathy, symphony, unison, unity), إنطباق (coincidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съответствие (accordance, adequacy, agreement, appropriateness, aptness, congruence, correspondence, fit, parallel, parallelism, parity, pendant, tally), конформизъм, прилика (affinity, kindred, kinship, likeness, parallelism, parity, propinquity, resemblance, similarity, similitude), подчинение (duty, obedience, subdual, subjection, subjugation, submission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 整合 (Conformities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | souhlas (acceptance, accord, agreement, applause, approbation, approval, assent, blessing, compliance, consensus, consent, consistency, correspondence, nod, ok, okay, permission, say so), shoda (accord, accordance, agreement, community, compliance, concord, congruence, conjuncture, correspondence, Deuce, harmony, oneness, parity, unanimity, understanding, union, unity), konformita. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | overensstemmelse (compatibility, correspondance, equivalence), konformitet, konformisme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | conformiteit, conformisme, overeenstemming tussen theorie en praktijk, overeenstemming met de eisen, overeenkomstigheid (analogy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیروی ازرسوم یاعقاید, همنواءی , انطباق (Coincidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yhdenmukaisuus (analogy, symmetry, uniformity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | conformité (compliance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | konformität (conformance), Übereinstimmung (accord, accordance, agreement, analogy, concordance, concurrence, conformability, congruence, consensus, consistence, consonance, correlation, rapport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμμόρφωση (abidance, compliance, conformation), συμφωνία (accord, accordance, agreement, arrangement, compact, concord, concordance, concurrence, consonance, deal, pact, stipulation, symphony). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תואמ ות, אמת מוסכמת, "ת "'ות ב"תאם, אמ ות למקובל (orthodoxy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hasonlóság (analogy, likeness, parallelism, resemblance, semblance, similarity, similitude), alkalmazkodás (accommodation, conformation, deference, opportunism, pliableness, pliancy), összhang (accord, accordance, chime, concert, concordance, consonance, consonancy, consort, correspondence, diapason, harmony, rapport, symphony, unison). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | keakuran (harmony). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | conformit (accordance, compliance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 適応 (accommodation, adaptation), 整合 (adjustment, coordination, integration), 一致 (agreement, coincidence, consistency, co-operation, match, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せい"う (adjustment, coordination, integration, plus sign), いっち (agreement, coincidence, consistency, co-operation, match, union), てきおう (accommodation, adaptation, opponents king). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 합 (Conformities, FIT, FITS). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | coviallys, coreggyrtys (correspondence, mutuality, symmetry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onformitycay conformidade (abidance, accordance, agreement, concord, concordance, concurrence, rapport). (various references) conformitate (agreeableness, agreement, compliance, concordance, conformability, correspondence, propriety, resemblance), concordanţã (accord, accordance, agreement, concordance, congruence, consistency, correspondence, harmony, keeping, sequence), unitate (concurrence, identity, integer, oneness, organization, uniformity, union, unit, unity, whole), uniformitate (equability, evenness, sameness, uniformity), egalitate (draw, equality, identity, par, parity, regularity, resemblance, sameness, similarity, tie, uniformity), acord (accede, accession, accord, accordance, agree, agreement, arrangement, assent, cheer, chord, coincidence, compact, compliance, composition, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, congeniality, congruence, congruity, consent, consentaneity, consistency, contract, convention, correspondence, covenant, harmony, key, permit, solidarity, treaty, understanding, uniformity, union, unison, unity). (various references) соответствие (abidance, accordance, according, adequacy, agreeableness, appropriateness, aptness, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformance, conformance to, correspondence, fitness, mapping, parallel, suitability). (various references) konformizam. (various references) conformidad (abidance, accordance, acquiescence, agreement, compliance, rapport, resignation). (various references) likhet (affinity, equality, identity, kindred, kinship, likeness, resemblance, similarity, similitude), konformitet. (various references) uyum (accommodation, accord, accordance, balance, chime, coherence, coherency, concert, concinnity, concord, concordance, congruence, congruity, consecution, consistence, consistency, consonance, harmony, keeping, proportion, rapport, rhythm, scheme, symmetry, symphony, tune, unison), uyma (accommodation, adaptation, adherence, agreement, compliance, conformance, conformation, deference, fit, observance, respect), uygunluk (acceptability, accordance, adaptation, adequacy, advisability, appositeness, aptitude, coherence, coherency, comeliness, compatibility, concord, conformation, congeniality, congruence, congruity, convenience, correctitude, correctness, correspondence, decency, expedience, expediency, felicity, fidelity, fitness, handiness, happiness, opportuneness, pertinence, propitiousness, propriety, relevance, relevancy, seemliness, sufficiency, suitability), kilise kurallarına uyma, kilise üyesi olma, benzerlik (affinity, analogy, approach, community, comparison, congeniality, identity, kinship, likeness, mimicry, parallel, parallelism, parity, propinquity, resemblance, sameness, similar, similarity, similitude). (various references) kybap (accordance). (various references) відповідність (accord, accordance, adequacy, appropriateness, aptness, concordance, congruence, correspondence, parallel, suitability, sympathy, truth), ортодоксальність (orthodoxy), підпорядкування (abidance). (various references) sự tuân theo (abidance, obedience, observance). (various references) cydymffurfiad. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aequitas, aequitate, aequitatem, aequitatis. (various references) |
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Words ending with "conformity": disconformity, inconformity, nonconformity, unconformity. (additional references) | |
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"Conformity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cenfrith, comformity, confomity, conforminty. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "conformity" (pronounced kunfô"rmutē) |
| 10 | k u n f ô" r m u t ē | Nonconformity. |
| 7 | -f ô" r m u t ē | deformity, uniformity. |
| 6 | -ô" r m u t ē | enormity. |
| 4 | -m u t ē | amity, anonymity, calamity, enmity, equanimity, extremity, infirmity, proximity, unanimity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, analyticity, animosity, annuity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, entity, equality, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-i-m-n-o-o-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: monitory, moronity, myotonic. | |
-3 letters: comfort, confirm, conform, introfy, monitor, moronic, mortify, motoric, omicron, tyronic. | |
-4 letters: citron, comfit, comity, confit, cortin, croton, forint, formic, inform, micron, morion, motion, myotic, notify, octroi, tycoon. | |
-5 letters: comfy, conto, corny, croft, crony, croon, cyton, footy, forty, front, intro, irony, micro, mincy, minor, minty, moony, moory, moron, motif, motor, nifty. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-f-i-m-n-o-o-r-t-y" | |
+2 letters: comfortingly, confirmatory, inconformity, unconformity. | |
+3 letters: disconformity, nonconformity. | |
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