dissenter

Noun

Meaning

One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement.

One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

contestant dissident protester nonconformist objector methodist baptist lutheran quaker protestant calvinist marcher handicapper reb maverick
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Antonyms

apostle confederate Romanian convert exponent evangelist
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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody someone

Hyponyms

NIMBY nonconformist recusant co conscientious objector political dissident

Phrases with the word

religious dissenter tech dissenter dope dissenter

Anagrams

tiredness residents

Examples

The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself. Archibald MacLeish

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter. William Hazlitt

Freedom is always the freedom of the dissenter. Rosa Luxemburg

Asheim announced that Seth van Loo, from opening act Severe Torture, and Garbaty "Yaha", from the Polish death metal band Dissenter, would be replacing Glen Benton starting on January 9 in the Netherlands, until Benton could rejoin the tour. Source: Internet

Anti-Semitism was also a factor, so the Dissenter Law of 1889 upgraded the status only of the minor Protestant sects. Source: Internet

As a dissenter, standing strongly opposed to net neutrality regulation, I'm not troubled in the least by OP's 'question', or the fact that SE is used as a platform for its publication. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dissentaneousness dissentany dissentation dissenterism dissentiate dissentient