Synonyms for separatist
- noun
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Heretic
Adjective
1. Breakaway
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatic movements.
- adj. 1
Advocating ecclesiastical separation.
Related words
- Word family
- separatism
Forms
- Plural
- separatists → heretics, schismatics, dissenters, sectaries…
Example sentences
- heretic Tom was burnt at the stake as a heretic.
- dissenter Freedom is always the freedom of the dissenter.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| separatist | rising | |
| heretic | rising | |
| dissenter | steady | |
| schismatic | steady | |
| sectary | falling | |
| secessionist | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- heretic3, sectary, seceder
- 9 letters
- breakaway3, dissenter3, splittist
- 10 letters
- schismatic
- 11 letters
- fissiparous
- 12 letters
- secessionist4
- 13 letters
- separationist
- 14 letters
- independentist
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heretic3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- séparatiste
- Deutsch
- Separatist