Thesaurus:maverick

Thesaurus

maverick

English

Noun

Sense: one who does not abide by rules, or conform to customs

Synonyms

• eccentric    [⇒ thesaurus]
• free spirit
• heteroclite
• individualist
• maverick
• misfit
• nonconformist
• offbeat

Antonyms

• dogmatist
• formalist
• pedant    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stickler
• traditionalist

Hypernyms

• anomaly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Coordinate terms

• foreigner    [⇒ thesaurus]
• outcast    [⇒ thesaurus]
• strange person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• black sheep
• deviant
• lone gunman
• lone wolf
• loose cannon
• rebel
• resister
• revolutionary
• rogue
• scoundrel

See also

• march to the beat of a different drum
• Thesaurus:cheeky
• Thesaurus:doer
• Thesaurus:outcast
• Thesaurus:reckless
• Thesaurus:troublemaker

Further reading

• “83. unconformity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “maverick” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.