conscientious objector

1. 1.

   one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience

   SynonymsCO

   Broaderdissenter

Questions about conscientious objector

What does conscientious objector mean?

conscientious objector means "one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience".

What is another word for conscientious objector?

Close synonyms include CO. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is conscientious objector a common word?

conscientious objector is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.