nonconformist

1. 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”

   Synonymsunconformist

   Antonymsconformist
2. 2.

   not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

   Synonymsnonconforming

   Similarunorthodox

Other forms of nonconformist

plural

nonconformists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nonconformist

What does nonconformist mean?

nonconformist means "a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nonconformist?

nonconformist has 4 syllables: non-con-for-mist. The stress falls on "for". In IPA it is /ˌnɑnkənˈfɔɹmɪst/.

What is another word for nonconformist?

Close synonyms include chapelgoer, recusant, unconformist, nonconforming. 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.

What is the opposite of nonconformist?

The recorded antonyms are Anglican, conformist, conformist.

Is nonconformist a common word?

nonconformist 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.

What rhymes with nonconformist?

2 words rhyme with nonconformist. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.