Synonyms for recusant
- noun
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Rebel — anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation
non-conformist, dissenter, rebel, protester, objector, maverick, renegade, iconoclast, refusenik, refuser, defier, dissident
2. Free churchman — someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a…
free churchman, autem cackler dated UK
Adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a Protestant dissident or a Roman Catholic.
Near-synonyms: (all sometimes synonymous) Dissenter, Nonconformist, free churchman; autem cackler (archaic cant)
- n. 2
Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.
Near-synonyms: refuser, defier, dissenter, objector, protester, iconoclast, maverick, nonconformist, rebel, refusenik, renegade
- adj. 1
Pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy.
Forms
- Plural
- recusants → non-conformists, dissenters, rebels, protesters…
Example sentences
- rebel The rebel troops captured the barracks by surprise.
- protester The police officer beat the protester with her nightstick.
- objector I know that Tom was a conscientious objector.
By length
- 5 letters
- rebel2
- 6 letters
- defier
- 7 letters
- refuser
- 8 letters
- maverick3, renegade3, objector3
- 9 letters
- protester3, dissident3, dissenter3, refusenik3
- 10 letters
- iconoclast4
- 11 letters
- disobedient5, dissentient
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rebel2 = 2 syllables).