Synonyms of iconoclastic

iconoclastic

adjective

as in dissident

deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices

the book offers iconoclastic and irreverent portraits of some of history's most sacred cows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dissident
• unconventional
• dissenting
• out-there
• heretical
• maverick
• nonconformist
• unorthodox
• heterodox
• separatist
• dissentient
• nontraditional
• sectarian
• freethinking
• free-spirited
• nonorthodox
• apostate
• renegade
• schismatic
• defecting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conventional
• orthodox
• conformist
• conforming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of iconoclastic

At the office, former Crowdpac employees say Hilton embraced the stereotype of an iconoclastic startup founder. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Performed mostly with the world’s coolest house band in Yo La Tengo, the 19-song set saw iconoclastic singers and musicians add their own flavor to Ono originals. — Katherine Turman, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026

The genre, with its sanitized storylines and Oscar-baiting pretensions, seems fundamentally at odds with the iconoclastic chef and television personality. — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026

Like Dante, Nick Tosches was an undaunted character whose tongue-twisting prose was an iconoclastic mash-up of realism and intricate, erudite lyricism. — A.d. Amorosi, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026

In a retrospective on her career, Sheridan acknowledged her iconoclastic nature. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 July 2026

But the truth is that our forefathers were sufficiently individualistic to be iconoclastic. — Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026

The cycle can probably only be broken only by the election of iconoclastic radical politicians. — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

In a way, the fact that Huston was made up of two halves — one part iconoclastic maverick, one part old school craftsman — gave him an edge his fellow septuagenarians lacked. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 19 June 2026