Antonyms for nonconformist


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : non-kuhn-fawr-mist
Phonetic Transcription : ˌnɒn kənˈfɔr mɪst


Definition of nonconformist

  • adj unwilling to behave, believe as most do
  • noun person who goes against normal behavior, beliefs
Example sentences :
  • He was the first Nonconformist who had been marked for arrest.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • She asked me whether I did not know that Hicks was a Nonconformist.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Clithering is a Nonconformist, and therefore a man of tender conscience.
  • Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
  • The word "Nonconformist" is objectionable for a similar reason.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 » by John Charles Dent
  • Certainly a Nonconformist conscience could not have flourished in de Vere's household.
  • Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
  • Arthur Allway was her cousin, the son of a Nonconformist Minister.
  • Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist,” Emerson says.
  • Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • Tyndal the Reformer, and Baxter the famous Nonconformist were preachers in this church.
  • Extract from : « The History of London » by Walter Besant
  • She had, as the English would say, the Nonconformist temperament.
  • Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford
  • If; for instance, he had been some 'impossible' Nonconformist Radical!
  • Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy

Synonyms for nonconformist

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