dissentient Play adjectiveIn opposition to a majority or official opinion.nounA person who opposes a majority or official opinion. SYNONYMS anti-complainingcontradictingcontrarydifferingdisagreeingdiscordantdissentingdissidentgainsayinghereticalheterodoxnegativenon-compliantnonconformistobjectingopposedopposingprotestingrebellingrebelliousrecusantrevolutionaryunorthodox