enfant terrible
enfant terrible
nounDefinition of ENFANT TERRIBLE
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs <an author who reveled in his role as the enfant terrible of American letters>
Synonyms bohemian, boho, counterculturist, deviant, enfant terrible, free spirit, heretic, iconoclast, individualist, loner, lone ranger, lone wolf, maverick, nonconformer
Related Words freethinker; character, codger, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, eccentric, freak, kook, nut, oddball, screwball, weirdo; eight ball, misfit, outsider; aberrant, anomaly
Antonyms conformer, conformist
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