DISSENTER Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

dissenter

noun

di-ˈsen-tər

as in dissident

a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs a society that prized conformity very highly and treated dissenters of any kind very harshly

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Recent Examples of dissenter But in the shadows, amid growing unease at the blood-thirsty actions of the realm’s merciless Mad King, dissenters from his inner circle anxiously advance a treasonous plot. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026 However, such a storied brand as Clinique even knows a universally flattering shade can still have its dissenters. —

Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026 But calling Bad Bunny a dissenter is too direct, too Stalinist. —

Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026 Tanenbaum is his sixth sitting justice, leaving the senior justice, Jorge Labarga, as a lonely dissenter facing mandatory retirement in October 2027. —

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dissenter

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Grozev famously identified the men behind the August 2020 poisoning of the late Russian dissident Alexey Navalny.

— Will Croxton, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Roozbeh Farahanipour, a former Iranian dissident who now lives in Los Angeles, worries that a destabilized Iran, with its complex cultural heritage and patchwork of ethnic and religious groups, could devolve into a far worse mess than post-invasion Iraq.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026