COUNTERCULTURIST Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

counterculturist

noun

as in bohemian

a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs the daughter of counterculturists, she had a very interesting, albeit undisciplined, childhood

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Noun

This fall, Drexler’s wild, maverick sensibility is cropping up all over New York.

— Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
The two were photographed together backstage at Nelson’s Fourth of July concert this year, and the country maverick features in a new Talarico online campaign video.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of maverick

Noun

Batiste told us his free spirit clashed with the school's more structured methods.

— Marc Lieberman, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026
The writer is greeted by André Parenteau, a distant cousin and fellow free spirit of the 1960s, who convenes a family reunion in the town’s parish hall.

— Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of free spirit

Noun

Yeah, Sam has been a lone wolf, sort of a samurai, traveling the world on very high-stakes solo missions in all parts of the globe in dangerous hotspots.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
However, Rhea left a GIF of a lone wolf on one of Moreno’s TikTok videos less than two weeks after the series wrapped.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

Definition of lone wolf

Noun

Lantink has been enjoying the support of fashion’s original enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gaultier.

— Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2026
In the kind of career-making scandal that many young artists dream of, Sachs, who was born in Manhattan, grew up in Connecticut, and studied art at Bennington College, became the city’s newest enfant terrible.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of enfant terrible

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Across a sample of 102 nations, Nordic ones (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Finland) come out as the most individualist.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
This franchise didn't draft John Matuszak, but Davis found the boundary-pushing, difficult-to-coach individualist a perfect fit for the Raiders.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of individualist

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