Nonconformist Synonyms and Antonyms

nŏn'kən-fôr'mĭst

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Synonyms for Nonconformist

recusant
One of the Roman Catholics in England who incurred legal and social penalties in the 1500s and afterward for refusing to attend services of the Church of England.
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maverick
The definition of a maverick is an unbranded animal or someone who doesn’t follow a group’s rules.
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eccentric
A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
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heretic
A person who professes a heresy; esp., a church member who holds beliefs opposed to church dogma
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iconoclast
One who destroys sacred religious images.
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loner
One who avoids the company of other people.
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dissenter
Someone who dissents (disagrees), especially from an established church
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dissentient
A person who dissents; dissenter
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demonstrator
One that demonstrates, such as a participant in a public display of opinion.
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hippie
(Slang) Any person having a similar lifestyle
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protester
(Law) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.
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protestant
The definition of a Protestant is a member of a Western Christian religion that follows the principles of the Reformation and that has broken with the Roman Catholic Church, or a person who protests.
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dissident
(Ecclesiastical) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
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bohemian
The definition of a bohemian is an artistic or literary person who lives in an unconventional or nonconforming way.
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oddball
An eccentric or unusual person.
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schismatic
One who promotes or engages in schism.
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sectarian
(Obs.) An apostate from an established church
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sectary
A Dissenter; Nonconformist
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separationist
A separatist.
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separatist
One who secedes or advocates separation from a group, as from a nation or an established church.
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beatnik
A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.
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dropout
Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
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orthodox
One that is orthodox.
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renegade
Renegade is defined as someone who rejects one religion or group for another.
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unconformist
not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought
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nonconforming
That does not conform, either to the rules of an established church, or to official regulations
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chapelgoer
a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England
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nonconformer
One who does not conform to expected norms and standards; a nonconformist.
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weirdo
(Slang) A strange, odd, eccentric person.
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rebel
The definition of a rebel is a person who stands up to or defies authority.
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malcontent
A person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person
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Antonyms for Nonconformist

conformist
Marked by conformity or convention:
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conforming
Of or pertaining to conformity.
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obeying
unwilling to behave, believe as most do
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anglican
Any member of the Church of England or of another church in the Anglican Communion
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Words Related to Nonconformist

liberal
The definition of a liberal is a member of a liberal political party.
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radical
(Historical: early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.
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religion
The life or condition of a person in a religious order:
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non-conformists
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congregationalists
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Nonconformist Sentence Examples

  • There are about thirty nonconformist chapels, in nearly a third of which the services are Welsh.

  • The church of St Martin was built in 1879, and there are Nonconformist chapels.

  • Where the tenets and authorities of a nonconformist body come in question, they must be proved by evidence.

  • The Marriage Act 1898 dispensed with the necessity of the attendance of a registrar at marriages celebrated at a nonconformist place of worship, substituting in place thereof a person duly authorized by the trustees of the place of worship, if the persons intending to be married so desire; but the parties may, if they wish, still require the presence of the registrar.

  • He laboured for the attainment of a united Nonconformist body, which should retain the cultured element without alienating the uneducated.

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