Synonyms of dissidents

dissidents

noun

plural of dissident

as in dissenters

a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs

the conference drew political dissidents of every ilk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dissenters
• renegades
• heretics
• nonconformists
• dissentients
• separatists
• defectors
• heresiarchs
• infidels
• sectarians
• schismatics
• unbelievers
• apostates
• bohemians
• individualists
• separationists
• disbelievers
• misbelievers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• believers
• conformists
• conformers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dissidents

Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and China have been accused of entering quid pro quo arrangements to return dissidents sought by one another’s governments. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

The Maduro government responded with a violent crackdown against dissidents who protested the official results, forcing Machado and dozens of opposition leaders to go into hiding. — Clyburn Saint John, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Many of the dissidents who once did this kind of work inside Cuba are now in exile or in prison. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

More recently, in 2023, Belarusian embassies abroad stopped extending or renewing passports entirely, putting dissidents who fled the country in a similar bind to those from Myanmar. — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026

Unlike other Arab media, the network aired interviews with Israelis and Iranians, and gave voice to dissidents across the Middle East. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Its prisons still hold political dissidents, and the machinery of execution continues to be used against protesters. — Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026