Synonyms of heretics

heretics

noun

plural of heretic

1

as in dissenters

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

Galileo was condemned as a heretic for supporting Copernicus's thesis that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice versa

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dissenters
• dissidents
• renegades
• heresiarchs
• nonconformists
• infidels
• dissentients
• schismatics
• sectarians
• separatists
• unbelievers
• apostates
• defectors
• disbelievers
• bohemians
• individualists
• separationists
• misbelievers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• believers
• conformists
• conformers

2

as in mavericks

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 & Similar Words

• mavericks
• bohemians
• iconoclasts
• deviants
• nonconformists
• eccentrics
• individualists
• loners
• freaks
• free spirits
• anomalies
• lone wolves
• enfants terribles
• characters
• nuts
• lone rangers
• freethinkers
• nonconformers
• bohos
• counterculturists
• outsiders
• cranks
• crackpots
• kooks
• weirdos
• oddballs
• screwballs
• misfits
• codgers
• aberrants
• eight balls
• crackbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adherents
• followers
• supporters
• conformists
• sheep
• conformers