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

Robinson leads me to one of his favorite vantage points of the symmetrical home, designed by iconoclastic architect Bruce Goff and completed in 1950. — Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

Trump’s views on China are iconoclastic in Washington, and even at odds with other members of his own administration and party. — Ali Wyne, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2026

The show also was notable for its iconoclastic diversity for a mid-century TV series. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026

Drexler, who died last year, at ninety-eight, was not only an iconoclastic novelist, a multiple-Obie-winning playwright, and an Emmy-winning comedy writer. — Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

How far might a nation go that had no kings to depose, no entrenched hierarchies to uproot, a country so young and iconoclastic and resource-rich? — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

And Radical enjoyed a long working relationship with the iconoclastic ad agency Wieden + Kennedy, which devised work for Nike that took the company well beyond the typical 30 second commercial. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

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