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

Golden, who is no stranger to voting against his party, has taken an iconoclastic approach to his last months in Congress by repeatedly backing Republican procedural votes. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Within years, the iconoclastic comic was a weary and defeated man — broke, baggy-eyed, and prematurely old. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

But for the iconoclastic Coppola, a desire to work with an up-and-coming actor, who his friends Brian De Palma and Martin Scorsese had discovered and was not yet a star, became the other key impetus to make the film. — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026

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