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Synonyms and Antonyms of unorthodox

1 deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices
  • a time when people with unorthodox religious views were banished from the colony
Synonyms of unorthodox

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

free-spirited, freethinking, nontraditional

apostate, defecting, renegade

schismatic (also schismatical), sectarian, separatist
Antonyms of unorthodox

conforming, conformist, conventional, orthodox
2 not bound by traditional ways or beliefs
  • raised by an aunt, whose unorthodox parenting practices made for a strange but fun childhood
Synonyms of unorthodox

broad-minded, liberal, nonconventional, nonorthodox, nontraditional, open-minded, progressive, radical, unconventional
Words Related to unorthodox

advanced, contemporary, modern

forbearing, indulgent, large-minded, lenient, permissive, tolerant

extreme

impartial, objective, unbiased
Near Antonyms of unorthodox

hard, rigid, strict

doctrinal, dogmatic (also dogmatical)

bigoted, blinkered, intolerant, narrow-minded

reactionary, unreconstructed
Antonyms of unorthodox

conservative, conventional, hidebound, nonprogressive, old-fashioned, orthodox, stodgy, traditional
3 not rigidly following established form, custom, or rules
  • an unorthodox but effective procedure for opening a wine bottle without a corkscrew
Synonyms of unorthodox

heterodox, informal, irregular, unceremonious, unconventional
Words Related to unorthodox

unauthorized, unofficial

casual, easygoing, familiar, free and easy, lax, loose, offhand, relaxed, ultracasual
Near Antonyms of unorthodox

correct, decorous, proper

constrained, inhibited, restrained, rigid, stiff, stuffy, uptight
Antonyms of unorthodox

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

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