Definition for Nonconformist:

• someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct

Synonyms for Nonconformist:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • unconformist,
  • nonconformist.
  •contrary (adjective)
  • negative,
  • inimical,
  • reverse,
  • insubordinate,
  • hostile,
  • conflicting,
  • diametric,
  • converse,
  • clashing,
  • perverse,
  • discordant,
  • wayward,
  • inconsistent,
  • stubborn,
  • contumacious,
  • opposed,
  • recalcitrant,
  • refractory,
  • headstrong,
  • balky,
  • antipodal,
  • rebellious,
  • adverse,
  • restive,
  • nonconforming,
  • antipodean,
  • counter,
  • intractable,
  • antipathetic,
  • antithetical,
  • froward,
  • unruly,
  • obstinate.
  •disobedient (adjective)
  • subversive,
  • treacherous,
  • Disobeying,
  • treasonous,
  • defiant,
  • traitorous,
  • seditious,
  • out of control,
  • undisciplined,
  • factious,
  • mischievous,
  • mutinous,
  • Disregardful,
  • disloyal,
  • unmanageable,
  • Misbehaving,
  • ungovernable,
  • disobedient.
  •dissident (adjective)
  • dissenting.
  •heretical (adjective)
  • skeptical,
  • differing,
  • idolatrous,
  • atheistic,
  • unbelieving,
  • miscreant,
  • agnostic,
  • impious,
  • disagreeing,
  • misbelieving.
  •sectarian (adjective)
  • factional,
  • cliquish,
  • hidebound,
  • small town.
  •unconventional (adjective)
  • off wall,
  • in formal,
  • more uncustomary,
  • un usual,
  • un-ceremonious,
  • farout,
  • un conventional,
  • most weirdo,
  • un-conventional,
  • un-usual,
  • in dividual,
  • in-formal,
  • free easy,
  • in-dividual,
  • un-customary,
  • out left field,
  • most uncustomary,
  • more weirdo,
  • un customary,
  • un-commoner,
  • un-common,
  • out ordinary,
  • un commonest,
  • un common,
  • out of ordinary,
  • un commoner.
  •unorthodox (adjective)
  • off beaten path.
  •way-out (adjective)
  • un traditional,
  • more untraditional,
  • un-traditional,
  • wayout,
  • most untraditional.

• n.

  •
  • heathen,
  • religion,
  • extremism,
  • infidel,
  • eccentricity,
  • bad apple,
  • freethinker.
  •apostate (noun)
  • turncoat,
  • deserter,
  • rat,
  • defector,
  • backsliders,
  • renegade,
  • backslider,
  • recreant,
  • recreants,
  • non-conformist.
  •beatnik (noun)
  • flower child,
  • peacenik,
  • peaceniks,
  • beat,
  • bohemian,
  • hippie.
  •chapelgoer (noun)
  • chapelgoer.
  •dissident (noun)
  • agitator.
  •eccentric (noun)
  • loner,
  • rare bird,
  • freak,
  • oddity,
  • character,
  • weirdo,
  • kook.
  •free spirit (noun)
  • free thinker,
  • new ager,
  • GONZO.
  •original (noun)
  • queers.
  •radical (noun)
  • avant gardes,
  • avantgarde,
  • avantgardes,
  • revolters,
  • re-former,
  • left winger,
  • re former,
  • avant garde,
  • leftwinger,
  • left wingers,
  • re-formers,
  • ultraists,
  • re formers.
  •rebel (noun)
  • malcontent,
  • protestant,
  • protester,
  • demonstrator,
  • liberal,
  • oddball.
  •revolutionist (noun)
  • revolutionist.
  •schismatic (noun)
  • revisionists.
  •sectarian (noun)
  • true believer,
  • true believers,
  • dogmatist,
  • dogmatists.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • strict,
  • abstract,
  • elegant,
  • uncontroversial,
  • discretionary,
  • competing,
  • technically,
  • defensible,
  • confucian,
  • optimistic,
  • thematic,
  • contradictory,
  • mistaken,
  • utilitarian,
  • loud,
  • messianic,
  • critical,
  • simplistic,
  • popular,
  • theoretical,
  • circular,
  • compatible,
  • separatist,
  • innermost,
  • critically,
  • strictly,
  • holistic,
  • utopian,
  • inductive,
  • thought-out,
  • ideological,
  • preconceived,
  • deterministic,
  • metaphysical,
  • subjective,
  • privately,
  • thoughtfully,
  • threadbare,
  • skewed,
  • doctrinal,
  • ahistorical,
  • introspective,
  • muddle-headed,
  • central,
  • set,
  • inmost,
  • warmed-over,
  • conceptual,
  • profound,
  • literal,
  • black and white,
  • anthropocentric,
  • experiential,
  • separationist,
  • mechanistic,
  • received,
  • technical,
  • contagious,
  • deep.
  •
  • schismatic,
  • heretic,
  • iconoclast,
  • current,
  • thoughtful,
  • positivist,
  • absolutist,
  • ingrained,
  • weak,
  • Sectary.
  •
  • fixed.
  •dissenter
  • Nonjuror.
  •unconventional
  • way out.

Antonyms for Nonconformist:

• adj.

  • all
    conformist.
  • contrary
    homogeneous, alike, concordant, agreeing, like, harmonious, accommodating, correspondent, obliging, similar.
  • nonconformist
    orthodox, Obeying, conforming.
  • Other antonyms:
    conventional, anglican.

• n.

  • apostate
    faithful, loyalist, adherent.
  • dissident
    yes-man.
  • eccentric
    standard, normal.

Nonconformist Sentence Examples:

• Persecution had created a small measure of tolerance throughout all nonconformist bodies.

• Sometimes the Nonconformist temperament is the greatest of safeguards, where a Catholic child is obliged to stand alone amongst uncongenial surroundings, then it defends itself doggedly, splendidly, and comes out after years in a Protestant school quite untouched in its faith and much strengthened in militant Christianity.