Synonyms of the word

recusant

• n. (historical) Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth…
• n. Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.
• adj. pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy.

contestant

• n. A participant in a contest.

disobedient

• adj. Not obedient.

dissenter

• n. Someone who dissents (disagrees), especially from an established church.

dissentient

• n. A dissenter.
• adj. Dissenting; of a different opinion.

dissident

• adj. In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant; different.
• n. A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies…
• n. (Christianity) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.

nonconformist

• n. A member of a church separated from the Church of England; a Protestant dissenter.
• n. Loosely, a Christian who does not conform to the doctrines of an established church.
• n. Someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices.
• adj. Not conforming to established customs etc.

objector

• n. A person who objects to something.

protester

• n. One who protests, either singly or in a public display of group feeling.
• n. (law) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.

unorthodox

• adj. unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic.