| Main Entry: | maverick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes chances, departs from accepted course |
Synonyms: |
bohemian, dissenter, extremist, malcontent, nonconformist, radical |
| Main Entry: | beatnik |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncoventional, free-sprited person |
Synonyms: |
Bohemian, beat, demonstrator, dropout, flower child, hippie, iconoclast, maverick, nonconformist, peacenik, protester, radical |
| Main Entry: | calf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | baby cow |
Synonyms: |
dogie, freemartin, heifer, maverick, veal, yearling, young bull, young cow |
| Main Entry: | eccentric |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is bizarre, unusual |
Synonyms: |
beatnik, character, freak, hippie, kook, loner, maverick, nonconformist, nut*, odd person, oddball, oddity, original, queer duck, rare bird, three-dollar bill, weirdo |
Antonyms: |
normal, standard |
| Main Entry: | free spirit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonconformist |
Synonyms: |
Bohemian, New Ager, beatnik, bohemian, dissenter, eccentric, flower child, free thinker, gonzo, hippie, maverick, nonconformist, original, radical |
| Main Entry: | newcomer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has just arrived in area |
Synonyms: |
Johnny-come-lately, alien, arrival, beginner, blow-in, colt, foreigner, greenhorn, immigrant, incomer, late arrival, latecomer, maverick, neophyte, new kid on the block, novice, novitiate, outsider, rookie, settler, stranger, tenderfoot |
Antonyms: |
native, old hack |
| Main Entry: | nonconformist |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwilling to behave, believe as most do |
Synonyms: |
beatnik, bohemian*, dissident, freak*, heretical, heterodox, hippie*, iconoclastic, maverick, oddball, offbeat, original, rebel, schismatic, sectarian, swinger, unorthodox, weird* |
Antonyms: |
conforming, conformist, obeying, orthodox |
| Main Entry: | nonconformist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who goes against normal behavior, beliefs |
Synonyms: |
beatnik, bohemian*, demonstrator, different breed, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, dropout, eccentric, fish out of water, freak*, heretic, iconoclast, individualist, liberal, malcontent, maverick, misbeliever, night person, oddball, offbeat, original, protester, radical, rebel, sectary, separatist, swinger, weirdo* |
Antonyms: |
conformist, orthodox |
| Main Entry: | oddity/oddball |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very different |
Synonyms: |
case*, character, duck*, eccentric, fish out of water, maverick, misfit, odd bird, original*, rara avis, screwball, weirdo* |
Antonyms: |
conservative, normal |
| Main Entry: | sectarian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is narrow-minded |
Synonyms: |
adherent, bigot, cohort, disciple, dissenter, dissident, dogmatist, extremist, fanatic, heretic, maverick, misbeliever, nonconformist, partisan, radical, rebel, revolutionary, satellite, schismatic, separatist, supporter, true believer, zealot |
| Notes: | sectarian means of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects, while secular means not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body or not religious or spiritual in nature |
Antonyms: |
liberal, nonsectarian |
