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heretic

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of heretic

1 a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs

  • Galileo was condemned as a heretic for supporting Copernicusʼs thesis that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice versa
Synonyms of heretic

dissenter, dissentient, dissident, heresiarch, nonconformist
Words Related to heretic

apostate, defector, renegade

schismatic, sectarian, separationist, separatist

disbeliever, infidel, misbeliever, unbeliever

bohemian, individualist
Near Antonyms of heretic

believer
Antonyms of heretic

conformer, conformist

2 a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs

  • he's the ultimate heretic: a Yankees fan living deep in the heart of the Red Sox Nation
Synonyms of heretic

bohemian, boho, counterculturist, deviant, enfant terrible, free spirit, iconoclast, individualist, lone ranger, lone wolf, loner, maverick, nonconformer, nonconformist
Words Related to heretic

freethinker

character, codger, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, eccentric, freak, kook, nut, oddball, screwball, weirdo

eight ball, misfit, outsider

aberrant, anomaly
Near Antonyms of heretic

adherent, follower, supporter

sheep
Antonyms of heretic

conformer, conformist

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