DISSENT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISSENT?

Need another word that means the same as “dissent”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “dissent” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dissent” are: objection, protest, disagreement, lack of agreement, difference of opinion, argument, dispute, demur, differ, disagree, take issue, resist, diverge

Dissent as a Noun

Definitions of "Dissent" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dissent” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held.
• Refusal to accept the doctrines of an established or orthodox Church; nonconformity.
• A statement by a judge giving reasons as to why he or she disagrees with a decision made by the other judges in a court case.
• (in sport) the offence of expressing disagreement with the referee's decision.
• The act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent.
• (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority.
• The difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority.
• A difference of opinion.

Synonyms of "Dissent" as a noun (8 Words)

argument	An independent variable associated with a function or proposition and determining its value For example in the expression y F x x the arguments of the function F are x and x and the value is y. I ve had an argument with my father.
demur	A formal objection to an opponent’s pleadings. They accepted this ruling without demur.
difference of opinion	A variation that deviates from the standard or norm.
disagreement	A conflict of people’s opinions or actions or characters. There was some disagreement about the details.
dispute	A disagreement or argument about something important. The Commission is in dispute with the government.
lack of agreement	The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
objection	The action of challenging or disagreeing with something. His view is open to objection.
protest	The act of protesting a public often organized manifestation of dissent. A protest march.

Usage Examples of "Dissent" as a noun

• He was sent off for dissent.
• He expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion.
• There was no dissent from this view.
• Rural communities with a long tradition of Dissent.
• He wasted no time in cranking out nine majority opinions, as well as three dissents.

Dissent as a Verb

Definitions of "Dissent" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dissent” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Disagree with the doctrine of an established or orthodox Church.
• Be of different opinions.
• Express opposition through action or words.
• Hold or express opinions that are at variance with those commonly or officially held.
• Withhold assent.

Synonyms of "Dissent" as a verb (7 Words)

demur	Enter a demurrer. Normally she would have accepted the challenge but she demurred.
differ	Be different. The second set of data differed from the first.
disagree	(of statements or accounts) be inconsistent or fail to correspond. The results disagree with the findings reported so far.
diverge	Extend in a different direction. English Gothic architecture began to diverge from that on the Continent.
protest	Write or obtain a protest in regard to a bill. The suspect protested his innocence.
resist	Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something. I couldn t resist buying the blouse.
take issue	Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.

Usage Examples of "Dissent" as a verb

• Several Republicans dissented.
• Two members dissented from the majority.
• Dissent to the laws of the country.

Associations of "Dissent" (30 Words)

adversary	Someone who offers opposition. The confrontations of adversary politics.
challenger	A person who engages in a contest. New championship challengers.
chant	Recite with musical intonation recite as a chant or a psalm. A group of young people set up a chant of Why are we waiting.
claim	Ask for legally or make a legal claim to as of debts for example. Evidence contradicted the government s claims.
competitor	The contestant you hope to defeat. Two competitors were banned for taking drugs.
contend	Assert something as a position in an argument. He contended that Communism had no future.
contestant	A person who participates in competitions. An anxious contestant on a television quiz show.
controvert	Prove to be false or incorrect. Subsequent work from the same laboratory controverted these results.
demonstrator	A piece of merchandise which can be tested by potential buyers. The dealer represented the car to be new when it had been used as a demonstrator.
disagree	(of food, climate, or an experience) have an adverse effect on. The two approaches disagree about how to explain the decentralization in the 1960s and early 70s.
dissenter	A member of a non-established Church; a Nonconformist.
dissentient	A person who opposes a majority or official opinion. Dissentient voices were castigated as hopeless bureaucrats.
dissident	Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards. A dissident who had been jailed by a military regime.
enemy	A personal enemy. The enemy shot down four helicopters.
foe	An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force. His work was praised by friends and foes alike.
negation	The speech act of negating. These formulae and their negations.
negative	A negative photographic image made on film or specially prepared glass from which positive prints may be made. All the patients have tested negative for TB.
nonconformist	Not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion. Jenkins was a nonconformist who disdained the rugby union coaching certificate.
objection	A procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety. They have raised no objections to the latest plans.
objector	A person who expresses opposition to or disagreement with something. Objectors to the housing plans.
opponent	Someone who offers opposition. He beat his opponent by a landslide margin.
oppose	Contrast with equal weight or force. A candidate to oppose the leader in the presidential contest.
opposed	In conflict with or hostile to. Two bitterly opposed schools of thought.
protester	A person who publicly demonstrates opposition to something; a demonstrator. The decision was hailed by protesters against the closure as a triumph.
rebut	Drive back or repel (a person or attack. But he their sharp assault right boldly did rebut.
recusant	Of or denoting a recusant. The recusant electors cooperated in electing a new Senate.
refute	Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof. The speaker refuted his opponent s arguments.
remonstrance	A forcefully reproachful protest. Angry remonstrances in the Commons.
squabble	Argue over petty things. Family squabbles.
vie	Compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something. The athletes were vying for a place in the British team.