Roget's Thesaurus

#489. Dissent

Nouns

dissent; discordance etc. (disagreement) 24; difference diversity of opinion. nonconformity etc. (heterodoxy) 984; protestantism, recusancy, schism; disaffection; secession etc. 624; recantation etc. 607. dissension etc. (discord) 713; discontent etc. 832; cavilling. protest; contradiction etc. (denial) 536; noncompliance etc. (rejection) 764. dissentient, dissenter; non-juror, non-content, nonconformist; sectary, separatist, recusant, schismatic, protestant, heretic. refusal etc. 764.

Verbs

dissent, demur; call in question etc. (doubt) 485; differ in opinion, disagree; say no etc. 536; refuse assent, refuse to admit; cavil, protest, raise one's voice against, repudiate; contradict etc. (deny) 536. have no notion of, differ toto caelo [Lat.]; revolt at, revolt from the idea. shake the head, shrug the shoulders; look askance, look askant. secede; recant etc. 607.

Adjectives

dissenting etc. v.; negative etc. 536; dissident, dissentient; unconsenting etc. (refusing) 764; non-content, nonjuring; protestant, recusant; unconvinced, unconverted. unavowed, unacknowledged; out of the question. discontented etc. 832; unwilling etc. 603; extorted. sectarian, denominational, schismatic; heterodox; intolerant.

Adverbs

no etc. 536; at variance, at issue with; under protest.

Interjections

God forbid!, not for the world; I'll be hanged if; never tell me; your humble servant, pardon me.

Phrases

many men many minds; quot homines tot sententiae [Lat.] [Terence]; tant s'en faut [Fr.]; il s'en faut bien [Fr.]; no way; by no means; count me out.