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nonorthodox

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of nonorthodox

1 deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices
  • one of the few colonies to tolerate nonorthodox religious beliefs
Synonyms of nonorthodox

dissenting, dissident, heretical (also heretic), heterodox, iconoclastic, maverick, nonconformist, out-there, unconventional, unorthodox
Words Related to nonorthodox

free-spirited, freethinking, nontraditional

apostate, defecting, renegade

schismatic (also schismatical), sectarian, separatist
Antonyms of nonorthodox

conforming, conformist, conventional, orthodox
2 not bound by traditional ways or beliefs
  • a nonorthodox approach to teaching music
Synonyms of nonorthodox

broad-minded, liberal, nonconventional, nontraditional, open-minded, progressive, radical, unconventional, unorthodox
Words Related to nonorthodox

advanced, contemporary, modern

forbearing, indulgent, large-minded, lenient, permissive, tolerant

extreme

impartial, objective, unbiased
Near Antonyms of nonorthodox

hard, rigid, strict

doctrinal, dogmatic (also dogmatical)

bigoted, blinkered, intolerant, narrow-minded

reactionary, unreconstructed
Antonyms of nonorthodox

conservative, conventional, hidebound, nonprogressive, old-fashioned, orthodox, stodgy, traditional

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