'Nonconformist' definitions:
Definition of 'nonconformist'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought; "their rabidly nonconformist deportment has made them legendary"; "the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers" [syn: nonconformist, unconformist] [ant: conformist]
adjective
Not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion [syn: nonconforming, nonconformist]
noun
A Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England [syn: Nonconformist, chapelgoer] [ant: Anglican]
noun
Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct [syn: nonconformist, recusant] [ant: conformist]
Definition of 'Nonconformist'
From: GCIDE
- Nonconformist \Non`con*form"ist\, n. One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nonconformist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitator,
- Albigensian,
- alien,
- anomaly,
- antagonistic,
- antinomian,
- antipathetic,
- apostate,
- Arian,
- beatnik,
- Bohemian,
- brawler,
- breakaway,
- capricious,
- case,
- Cathar,
- changeable,
- changing,
- character,
- choppy,
- clashing,
- conflicting,
- contradicting,
- contradictory,
- counteractant,
- counteracting,
- counteractive,
- countervailing,
- counterworking,
- crackpot,
- crank,
- cranky,
- crosspatch,
- crotchety,
- demurrer,
- deviant,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- deviatory,
- different,
- disorderly,
- dissenter,
- dissentient,
- dissident,
- divaricate,
- divergent,
- diversified,
- diversiform,
- Donatist,
- dropout,
- Ebionite,
- eccentric,
- emanationist,
- Erastian,
- erose,
- erratic,
- exception,
- extremist,
- fanatic,
- flake,
- flower child,
- freak,
- frondeur,
- Gnostic,
- heretic,
- heretical,
- hermit,
- heterodox,
- hippie,
- hobo,
- hostile,
- hylotheist,
- iconoclast,
- iconoclastic,
- impulsive,
- inconsistent,
- inconstant,
- individualist,
- individualistic,
- inimical,
- inner-directed,
- inner-directed person,
- insubordinate,
- insurgent,
- insurrectionary,
- insurrectionist,
- insurrecto,
- irregular,
- jagged,
- Jansenist,
- jerky,
- kook,
- Lollard,
- lone wolf,
- loner,
- malcontent,
- Manichaean,
- maverick,
- mercurial,
- meshuggenah,
- misbeliever,
- misfit,
- Monophysite,
- Montanist,
- motley,
- mutable,
- mutineer,
- natural,
- naysayer,
- nonconformer,
- nonconforming,
- nonjuror,
- nonstandard,
- nonuniform,
- nut,
- objector,
- odd fellow,
- oddball,
- oddity,
- opinionist,
- opposing,
- opposition voice,
- oppositional,
- oppugnant,
- original,
- outsider,
- pantheist,
- pariah,
- Pelagian,
- perverse,
- pluralistic,
- protestant,
- protester,
- queer duck,
- queer fish,
- queer specimen,
- radical,
- ragged,
- rara avis,
- reactionary,
- rebel,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- recluse,
- recusant,
- renegade,
- renitent,
- repugnant,
- resistant,
- revolter,
- revolutionary,
- revolutionist,
- rioter,
- rough,
- Sabellian,
- schismatic,
- screwball,
- sectarian,
- sectary,
- separatist,
- solitary,
- spasmodic,
- sporadic,
- sport,
- strange duck,
- subversive,
- swinger,
- traitor,
- tramp,
- type,
- ugly duckling,
- unconformist,
- unequable,
- unequal,
- uneven,
- unorthodox,
- unstable,
- unsteady,
- unsystematic,
- ununiform,
- variable,
- variegated,
- variform,
- various,
- varying,
- Waldensian,
- wavering,
- weirdo,
- Wyclifite,
- yippie,
- zealot