Synonyms of refusenik

refusenik

noun

variants also refusnik

as in refuser

Related Words

• refuser
• recusant
• discontent
• rebel
• defier
• mutineer
• insurgent
• revolutionary
• insurrectionist
• revolutionist
• red
• insurrectionary
• quisling
• malcontent
• revolter
• traitor
• turncoat
• dropout
• renegade
• leaver
• defector
• abandoner
• revolutionizer
• deserter
• turnabout
• betrayer
• traitress
• come-outer
• apostate
• double-crosser
• recreant

Dissimilar Words

• supporter
• disciple
• adherent
• follower
• loyalist
• partisan
• militant
• fanatic
• zealot

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of refusenik

Even Vanguard, the last refusenik, reversed itself in December to allow third-party crypto ETFs and is now hiring a digital-assets head. — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

This, too, meshes with the politics of the time, given the lure that Canada had for those fleeing the draft, and the dangers faced by refuseniks who stayed behind. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025

Instead, Elam became a refusenik, as conscientious objectors are called in Israel, over his disapproval of the Israel-Hamas war. — Jade Walker, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025

When the Soviet Union lifted its ban on the Jewish refusenik emigration in 1971, my family saw their opportunity to start over in America. — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022

Can the host forbid entry or try to make a refusenik toe the line? — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2021

Natan Sharansky has been a computer scientist, a chess player, a refusenik, a dissident, a political prisoner, a party leader, a government minister, a nonprofit executive, and a bestselling author. — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 28 Nov. 2020