heterodox | Definition of heterodox

Synonyms and Antonyms of heterodox

1 deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices

a Christian clergyman with a very heterodox opinion on the divinity of Jesus

Synonyms of heterodox

dissentient, dissenting, dissident, heretical (also heretic), iconoclastic, maverick, nonconformist, nonorthodox, out-there, unconventional, unorthodox

Words Related to heterodox

free-spirited, freethinking, nontraditional

apostate, defecting, renegade

schismatic (also schismatical), sectarian, separatist

Antonyms of heterodox

conforming, conformist, conventional, orthodox

2 not rigidly following established form, custom, or rules

her heterodox approach to teaching science initially met with some resistance from her peers

Synonyms of heterodox

informal, irregular, unceremonious, unconventional, unorthodox

Words Related to heterodox

unauthorized, unofficial

casual, easygoing, familiar, free and easy, lax, loose, offhand, relaxed, ultracasual

Near Antonyms of heterodox

correct, decorous, proper

constrained, inhibited, restrained, rigid, stiff, stuffy, uptight

Antonyms of heterodox

ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, formal, orthodox, regular, routine