as in dissident
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices
a cattle-ranching family that took some time in getting used to their daughter's nonconformist adoption of vegetarianism
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
1
as in maverick
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
always the nonconformist, she insisted on wearing red on St. Patrick's Day and not green like everyone else
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in dissenter
a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs
a nonconformist who was excommunicated from her church for her teachings
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Examples Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of nonconformist
New York Times, 25 July 2022
Fedoras, trilbys and Panamas seem to proclaim the wearer as either an extravagant nonconformist or an anti-feminist reactionary.
—New York Times, 15 July 2022
The Return of Tanya Tucker is a fittingly unconventional portrait of a nonconformist.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022
Former Portland Mayor Bud Clark, a nonconformist to the end, received a natural burial Feb. 12 at River View Cemetery in Southwest Portland.
—oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2022
See all Example Sentences for nonconformist 
Noun
Ye, however, was widely known to be both a perfectionist and a nonconformist.
—New York Times, 25 July 2022
Fedoras, trilbys and Panamas seem to proclaim the wearer as either an extravagant nonconformist or an anti-feminist reactionary.
—New York Times, 15 July 2022
The Return of Tanya Tucker is a fittingly unconventional portrait of a nonconformist.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022
Former Portland Mayor Bud Clark, a nonconformist to the end, received a natural burial Feb. 12 at River View Cemetery in Southwest Portland.
—oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2022
See all Example Sentences for nonconformist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonconformist
Adjective
-
The capacity of civil society to serve as a place where dissident voices can speak out is fundamental to democratic freedom.Johann Neem / Made by History, TIME, 2 Jan. 2025
-
As a young adult, Mr. Kara-Murza remained active in both journalism and politics in Russia, working alongside Mr. Nemtsov and producing a documentary series about the Soviet dissident movement.Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Noun
-
Trump backing TikTok is something of a maverick position in Washington.Bobby Allyn, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
-
The odds were stacked against Britain until a group of renegade, maverick soldiers (the SAS Rogue Heroes) decided to fight against a more powerful enemy in a new way.Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
Balch was the sole dissenter, instead favoring a tighter belt on the city’s funds.Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
-
The dissenters—who were ordered to leave Hanover within three days—became known as the Göttingen Seven, and their act of defiance was later enshrined in German history as a banner moment in the nation’s path to democracy.Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
-
There, unconventional thinkers took advantage of a collapsing market.William Mullane, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
-
Many albums and side projects later, aren’t the Strokes due a multi-track overview that takes us through their unconventional career?David Browne, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, includes 1,400 shots, 1,347 of which are VFX.Simon Thompson, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
-
But, in fairness, the George Miller action film, which follows the origin story of the fearless renegade (originally played by a shorn Charlize Theron, and this time by the great Anya Taylor-Joy), had huge shoes to fill.Photo: Courtesy of MGM., refinery29.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
-
In the dissenting view, the star collapses to the edge of the event horizon and then hovers there, or rebounds and explodes.Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2015
-
The document runs to more than a hundred and fifty pages, and for each question there are affirmative and dissenting studies, as well as some that indicate mixed results.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
Noun
-
My dedication, to help the waifs and strays and eccentrics of the music world together, continues to this day.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
-
Robert Redford delivers folksy wisdom as a local eccentric who once had his own dragon encounter, and even Karl Urban’s greedy logger is more of a nuisance than an outright villain.Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Thesaurus Entries Near nonconformist
Cite this Entry
“Nonconformist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonconformist. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share