n. 1 dissenter, nonconformist, protester or protestor, heretic, rebel, apostate, recusant; revolutionary Many dissidents were released and allowed to leave the country
adj. 2 disagreeing, nonconformist, nonconforming, dissenting, dissentient, apostate, non-compliant, heterodox, discordant, conflicting, contentious The couple spent ten years in Siberia for promoting their dissident philosophy