| Main Entry: | sectary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | separatist |
Synonyms: |
apostate, dissenter, dissident, freethinker, heretic, iconoclast, infidel, miscreant, nonconformist, revisionist, schismatic, sectarian, separationist, skeptic, unbeliever |
| Main Entry: | sectary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devotee |
Synonyms: |
addict, adherent, admirer, aficionado, amateur, believer, booster, buff, disciple, enthusiast, fanatic, fancier, fiend, follower, groupie, habitué, junkie, lover, rooter, supporter, votarient, votary, zealot |
| Main Entry: | disciple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believer, follower |
Synonyms: |
adherent, apostle, attendant, booster, buff, bug*, catechumen, cohort, convert, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, freak, groupie, hound, junkie, learner, nut*, partisan, proselyte, pupil, rooter, satellite, sectary, sectator, student, supporter, votary, witness, zealot |
Antonyms: |
god |
| Main Entry: | dissident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who holds different belief |
Synonyms: |
agitator, dissenter, heretic, misbeliever, nonconformist, protester, rebel, recusant, schismatic, schismatist, sectary, separatist |
| Notes: | dissent is, literally, 'feel or think differently' and dissident means 'sit apart, disagree' |
Antonyms: |
yes-man |
| Main Entry: | follower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who believes or has great interest |
Synonyms: |
addict, adherent, admirer, advocate, apostle, attendant, backer, believer, bootlicker, buff, client, cohort, companion, convert, copycat, devotee, disciple, fan, fancier, freak*, habitué, hanger-on, helper, imitator, lackey, member, minion, parasite, participant, partisan, patron, promoter, proselyte, protégé, pupil, representative, satellite, sectary, servant, sidekick, stooge, supporter, sycophant, toady, vassal, votary, worshiper, zealot |
Antonyms: |
leader |
| 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: | schismatic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | separatist |
Synonyms: |
apostate, dissenter, dissident, freethinker, heretic, iconoclast, infidel, miscreant, nonconformist, revisionist, sectarian, sectary, separationist, skeptic, unbeliever |
| Main Entry: | separationist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | separatist |
Synonyms: |
apostate, dissenter, dissident, freethinker, heretic, iconoclast, infidel, miscreant, nonconformist, revisionist, schismatic, sectarian, sectary, skeptic, unbeliever |
| Main Entry: | separatist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dissenter |
Synonyms: |
dissident, heretic, nonconformist, objector, protester, rebel, schismatic, sectarian, sectary, separationist, skeptic |