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unconventional

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of unconventional

1 deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices

  • the Shakers acquired their name because of their unconventional practice of dancing with shaking movements during worship
Synonyms of unconventional

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

free-spirited, freethinking, nontraditional

apostate, defecting, renegade

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

conforming, conformist, conventional, orthodox

2 not bound by traditional ways or beliefs

  • had unconventional opinions on the raising of children
Synonyms of unconventional

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

advanced, contemporary, modern

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

extreme

impartial, objective, unbiased
Near Antonyms of unconventional

hard, rigid, strict

doctrinal, dogmatic (also dogmatical)

bigoted, blinkered, intolerant, narrow-minded

reactionary, unreconstructed
Antonyms of unconventional

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

3 not rigidly following established form, custom, or rules

  • young, creative people who lead unconventional but fulfilling lifestyles
Synonyms of unconventional

heterodox, informal, irregular, unceremonious, unorthodox
Words Related to unconventional

unauthorized, unofficial

casual, easygoing, familiar, free and easy, lax, loose, offhand, relaxed, ultracasual
Near Antonyms of unconventional

correct, decorous, proper

constrained, inhibited, restrained, rigid, stiff, stuffy, uptight
Antonyms of unconventional

ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, formal, orthodox, regular, routine

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