ANTICONVENTIONAL Synonyms

• unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

• distinctly separate from the first

• differing from all others; not ordinary

• distinct or separate

• not having a common center; not concentric

• a person with an unusual or odd personality

• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

• conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

• peculiar to the individual

• ahead of the times

• being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before

• (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

• not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought

• someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct

• a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England

• not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

• not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community

• varying from or not adhering to a standard

• not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence

• not conforming to or in accord with tradition

• situated away from the center or axis

• an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)

• (informal) strikingly unconventional

• being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of

• an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

• something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies

• preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed

• (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary

• not derived or copied or translated from something else

• conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

• (informal) strikingly unconventional

• not conforming to accepted rules or standards

• not conventional or conformist

• not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention

• radically distinctive and without equal

• (followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality

• the single one of its kind

• highly unusual or rare but not the single instance

• breaking with convention or tradition

• independent in behavior or thought