UNCONVENTIONAL Synonyms

• any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

• radically new or original

• ahead of the times

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

• 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 or in accord with tradition

• 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

• not usual or common or ordinary

• being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

• not commonly encountered

• not suitable or right or appropriate

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

• not appropriate for a purpose or occasion

• a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

• an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

• in or into hiding or secret operation

• beneath the surface of the earth

• under the level of the ground

• conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

• contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law

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

• not morally right or permissible

• having no legally established claim

• contrary to or forbidden by law