ORTHODOX Antonyms

• characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

• characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

• 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

• disagreeing, especially with a majority

• characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions

• destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited

• ahead of the times

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

• 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

• 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

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

• (informal) strikingly unconventional

• of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root

• especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem

• (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

• an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule

• a person who has radical ideas or opinions

• (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity

• a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm

• markedly new or introducing radical change

• arising from or going to the root or source

• resisting control or authority

• discontented as toward authority

• participating in organized resistance to a constituted government

• a radical supporter of political or social revolution

• in opposition to a civil authority or government

• not conforming to accepted rules or standards

• not conventional or conformist

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

• tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

• a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

• a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

• showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

• having political or social views favoring reform and progress

• given or giving freely

• not literal

• conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

• stubbornly resistant to authority or control

• marked by stubborn resistance to authority