heretic

Definitions

A person holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted.

A person believing in or practicing religious heresy.

Examples

The medieval church branded him a heretic for questioning the established religious doctrines.

In the world of traditional art, he was considered a heretic for embracing digital tools and abstract techniques.

Synonyms

dissident nonconformist apostate sectarian freethinker renegade schismatic

Antonyms

believer conformist orthodox adherent devotee loyalist traditionalist