CONTRARIANS Synonyms

• inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

• a person who dissents from some established policy

• characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

• disagreeing, especially with a majority

• stubbornly resistant to authority or control

• marked by stubborn resistance to authority

• Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed

• a person who dissents from some established policy

• a person who dissents from some established policy

• characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

• disagreeing, especially with a majority

• a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church

• a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)

• a destroyer of images used in religious worship

• someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions

• a person who is discontented or disgusted

• discontented as toward authority

• someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

• an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it

• independent in behavior or thought

• 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

• a contestant that you are matched against

• someone who offers opposition

• characterized by active hostility

• a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

• `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

• someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• break with established customs

• someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw

• a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

• having deserted a cause or principle

• break with established customs

• someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs