[syn: nonconforming, nonconformist]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nonconformist
adj 1: 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]
2: not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially
in religion [syn: nonconforming, nonconformist]
n 1: a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church
of England [syn: Nonconformist, chapelgoer] [ant:
Anglican]
2: someone who refuses to conform to established standards of
conduct [syn: nonconformist, recusant] [ant:
conformist]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
191 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonconformist":
Albigensian, Arian, Bohemian, Cathar, Donatist, Ebionite, Erastian,
Gnostic, Jansenist, Lollard, Manichaean, Monophysite, Montanist,
Pelagian, Sabellian, Waldensian, Wyclifite, agitator, alien,
anomaly, antagonistic, antinomian, antipathetic, apostate, beatnik,
brawler, breakaway, capricious, case, 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,
dropout, eccentric, emanationist, erose, erratic, exception,
extremist, fanatic, flake, flower child, freak, frondeur, 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, jerky, kook,
lone wolf, loner, malcontent, maverick, mercurial, meshuggenah,
misbeliever, misfit, 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, 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, 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, wavering, weirdo, yippie,
zealot