dissentient

1. 1.

   (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England

   Synonymsrecusant

   Similarunorthodox
2. 2.

   disagreeing, especially with a majority

   Synonymsdissentingdissident

   Similarnegative

Questions about dissentient

What does dissentient mean?

dissentient means "(of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dissentient?

dissentient has 3 syllables: dis-sen-tient. The stress falls on "dis".

What is another word for dissentient?

Close synonyms include recusant, dissenting, dissident. 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 dissentient a common word?

dissentient 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.