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ACADEMIST Antonyms

There are 9 antonyms of the word academist. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For ACADEMIST

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avant-garde
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

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

adjective satellite

• radically new or original

iconoclast
nounn
noun

• a destroyer of images used in religious worship

• someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions

independent
adjectiveadj
adjective

• free from external control and constraint

• (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

noun

• a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

• a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

adjective satellite

• (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

• not controlled by a party or interest group

innovator
nounn
noun

• someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

maverick
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• 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

adjective satellite

• independent in behavior or thought

nonconformist
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

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

noun

• someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct

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

adjective satellite

• not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

original
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

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

noun

• 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

adjective satellite

• 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

rebel
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• 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

verb

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• break with established customs

unorthodox
adjectiveadj
adjective

• breaking with convention or tradition

adjective satellite

• independent in behavior or thought

Alternatives for AVANT-GARDE

Alternatives for ICONOCLAST

Alternatives for INDEPENDENT

Alternatives for INNOVATOR

Alternatives for MAVERICK

Alternatives for NONCONFORMIST

Alternatives for ORIGINAL

Alternatives for REBEL

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