Antonyms of noun nonconformist

2 senses of nonconformist

Sense 1
Nonconformist, chapelgoer -- (a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England)
       Antonym of Anglican (Sense 1)
      => Anglican -- (a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism)

Sense 2
nonconformist, recusant -- (someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct)
       Antonym of conformist (Sense 1)
      => conformist -- (someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nonconformist

2 senses of nonconformist

Sense 1
Nonconformist, chapelgoer -- (a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England)
       => Protestant -- (an adherent of Protestantism)

Sense 2
nonconformist, recusant -- (someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct)
       => dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant -- (a person who dissents from some established policy)

Antonyms of adj nonconformist

2 senses of nonconformist

Sense 1
nonconformist (vs. conformist), unconformist -- (not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought; "their rabidly nonconformist deportment has made them legendary"; "the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers")

conformist (vs. nonconformist) -- (marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles; "underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist")

Sense 2
nonconforming, nonconformist -- (not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion)

INDIRECT (VIA unorthodox) -> orthodox -- (adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world")

Similarity of adj nonconformist

2 senses of nonconformist

Sense 1
nonconformist (vs. conformist), unconformist -- (not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought; "their rabidly nonconformist deportment has made them legendary"; "the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers")

Sense 2
nonconforming, nonconformist -- (not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion)
       => unorthodox (vs. orthodox) -- (breaking with convention or tradition; "an unorthodox lifestyle")

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