malcontent

The word “malcontent” has 3 syllables: mal-con-tent

It's pronounced as /ˈmæl.kən.tɛnt/


What is synonym and antonym for malcontent?

In the thesaurus, “malcontent” has 97 synonyms and 27 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for malcontent along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for malcontent

  • aggrieved
  • anarch
  • anarchist
  • baby
  • bawler
  • belittler
  • belly-aching
  • bellyacher
  • bleater
  • challenger
  • complainer
  • complaining
  • crab
  • critic
  • crybaby
  • cynic
  • defeatist
  • defier
  • dejected
  • depressed
  • derider
  • despairing
  • despondent
  • detractor
  • disappointed
  • disconsolate
  • discontent
  • discontented
  • disenchanted
  • disgruntled
  • disillusioned
  • displeased
  • disquieted
  • dissatisfied
  • disturbed
  • doleful
  • doubter
  • down
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • extremist
  • forlorn
  • frustrated
  • fussbudget
  • fusser
  • fusspot
  • griper
  • grumbler
  • grump
  • hangdog
  • inconsolable
  • insubordinate
  • insurgent
  • insurrectionary
  • insurrectionist
  • joyless
  • kvetch
  • kvetcher
  • low-spirited
  • misandrist
  • misanthrope
  • miserable
  • misogynist
  • moaner
  • mournful
  • mutineer
  • naysayer
  • negativist
  • oppositionist
  • out of joint
  • perturbed
  • pessimist
  • quitter
  • radical
  • rebel
  • recusant
  • red
  • refuser
  • resistant
  • resister
  • revolter
  • revolutionary
  • revolutionist
  • sad
  • scoffer
  • screamer
  • skeptic
  • sniveler
  • sorrowful
  • squawker
  • unfulfilled
  • unhappy
  • unsatisfied
  • upset
  • wailer
  • weeper
  • whiner

Antonyms for malcontent

  • Pollyanna
  • blissful
  • content
  • contented
  • counterinsurgent
  • counterrevolutionary
  • counterrevolutionist
  • delighted
  • elated
  • exultant
  • glad
  • gratified
  • happy
  • happy camper
  • idealist
  • joyful
  • joyous
  • jubilant
  • loyalist
  • optimist
  • patriot
  • pleased
  • positivist
  • satisfied
  • sentimentalist
  • supporter
  • triumphant

Meanings of malcontent

  • noun
    1. A person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person, a rebel.
    2. A state of discontentment or dissatisfaction; something that causes discontent.
  • verb
    1. To cause discontent or dissatisfaction.
  • adjective
    1. Dissatisfied with current conditions; disaffected, discontented, rebellious.

Example Sentences

  • The boss grew tired of the constant complaints from the office malcontent.
  • He was labeled a malcontent for always criticizing the new policies.
  • The group of malcontents gathered to voice their dissatisfaction with the decision.
  • His colleagues saw him as a malcontent who could never be pleased.
  • The rebel leader was a notorious malcontent, never satisfied with the status quo.

On this page you'll find 124 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to malcontent, such as: Pollyanna, aggrieved, anarch, anarchist, baby, bawler, belittler.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abandoner

  • apostate
  • backslider
  • betrayer
  • come-outer
  • defector
  • defier
  • deserter
  • discontent
  • dissident
  • double-crosser
  • dropout
  • escapee
  • exile
  • forsaker
  • fugitive
  • heretic
  • iconoclast
  • insurgent
  • insurrectionary
  • insurrectionist
  • leaver
  • malcontent
  • mutineer
  • outlaw
  • quisling
  • rebel
  • recreant
  • recusant
  • red
  • refugee
  • refusenik
  • refuser
  • refusnik
  • renegade
  • revolter
  • revolutionary
  • revolutionist
  • revolutionizer
  • schismatic
  • snake
  • snake in the grass
  • tergiversator
  • traitor
  • traitoress
  • traitress
  • turnabout
  • turncoat

baby

  • Lilliputian
  • accomplishment
  • achievement
  • acquirement
  • angelface
  • appease
  • arrival
  • atomic
  • attainment
  • babe
  • bairn
  • bambino
  • bantling
  • bawler
  • being
  • bellyacher
  • bird
  • bitsy
  • bitty
  • bleater
  • blockbuster
  • bod
  • body
  • boy
  • brother
  • bundle
  • buttercup
  • button
  • cater to
  • celebrity
  • character
  • cherish
  • cherub
  • chick
  • child
  • cocker
  • coddle
  • complainer
  • completion
  • conquest
  • consummation
  • content
  • cookie
  • cooky
  • cosset
  • coup
  • crab
  • crawler
  • creature
  • crybaby
  • cuddle
  • culmination
  • customer
  • dandle
  • deed
  • delight
  • devil
  • diminutive
  • dinky
  • dote on
  • duck
  • dumpling
  • dwarf
  • dwarfish
  • egg
  • elfin
  • execution
  • face
  • feat
  • fellow
  • fellowman
  • fish
  • foster
  • foundling
  • fruition
  • fulfillment
  • fulfilment
  • fussbudget
  • fusser
  • fusspot
  • gain
  • girl
  • gladden
  • gratify
  • griper
  • grumbler
  • grump
  • guy
  • half-pint
  • head
  • hit
  • hominid
  • homo
  • hoyden
  • human
  • human being
  • humanoid
  • humor
  • imp
  • implementation
  • individual
  • indulge
  • infant
  • infinitesimal
  • insignificant
  • itsy-bitsy
  • itty-bitty
  • jackpot
  • juvenile
  • kid
  • kiddie
  • kiddo
  • kiddy
  • kvetch
  • kvetcher
  • life
  • little
  • little angel
  • little bitty
  • little darling
  • little doll
  • little one
  • malcontent
  • man
  • megahit
  • micro
  • microminiature
  • microscopic
  • microscopical
  • mini
  • miniature
  • minikin
  • minor
  • minuscule
  • minute
  • miracle
  • moaner
  • model
  • mollify
  • mollycoddle
  • moppet
  • mortal
  • mother
  • neighbor
  • neonate
  • newborn
  • nipper
  • nurse
  • nursling
  • oblige
  • overindulge
  • pacify
  • pamper
  • papoose
  • party
  • performance
  • person
  • personage
  • personality
  • pet
  • petite
  • pint-size
  • pint-sized
  • placate
  • please
  • pocket
  • pocket-size
  • pocket-sized
  • preemie
  • premie
  • puny
  • pygmy
  • realization
  • satisfy
  • scaled-down
  • scout
  • screamer
  • scrubby
  • self
  • serve
  • skill
  • slob
  • small
  • small-scale
  • smallish
  • smash
  • sniveler
  • somebody
  • son of man
  • soothe
  • sort
  • soul
  • specimen
  • spoil
  • squawker
  • squirt
  • stiff
  • success
  • suckling
  • tad
  • teensy
  • teensy-weensy
  • teeny
  • teeny-weeny
  • thing
  • tike
  • tiny
  • toddler
  • tomboy
  • tot
  • toy
  • triumph
  • tyke
  • undersize
  • undersized
  • urchin
  • victory
  • wailer
  • wee
  • weensy
  • weeny
  • weeper
  • wet-nurse
  • whiner
  • whippersnapper
  • wight
  • win
  • winner
  • youngling
  • youngster
  • youth

factious

  • alienated
  • balkanized
  • belligerent
  • cohesionless
  • contending
  • contentious
  • contumacious
  • disaffected
  • disputatious
  • dissident
  • disunited
  • divided
  • divisive
  • fighting
  • fractionalized
  • fractionated
  • hostile
  • insubordinate
  • insurgent
  • insurrectionary
  • litigious
  • malcontent
  • mutinous
  • partisan
  • quarrelsome
  • rebellious
  • refractory
  • rival
  • sectarian
  • seditious
  • split
  • troublemaking
  • turbulent

nagger

  • aristarch
  • attacker
  • backseat driver
  • bear
  • belittler
  • bellyacher
  • blamer
  • carper
  • castigator
  • caviler
  • caviller
  • censor
  • censurer
  • complainant
  • complainer
  • crab
  • crank
  • criticizer
  • croaker
  • crock
  • crosspatch
  • crybaby
  • curmudgeon
  • defamer
  • defeatist
  • disapprover
  • disparager
  • disputer
  • doubter
  • faultfinder
  • fretter
  • fusser
  • grinch
  • griper
  • grouch
  • grouser
  • growler
  • grumbler
  • grump
  • hunks
  • hypercritic
  • hypochondriac
  • kicker
  • killjoy
  • malcontent
  • maligner
  • moaner
  • muckraker
  • mud-slinger
  • murmurer
  • mutterer
  • nag
  • niggler
  • nit-picker
  • nitpicker
  • objector
  • panner
  • party pooper
  • pessimist
  • protester
  • quibbler
  • repiner
  • reviler
  • scold
  • scolder
  • sidewalk superintendent
  • slanderer
  • sorehead
  • sourpuss
  • spoilsport
  • troublemaker
  • vilifier
  • whiner
  • worrier
  • zapper

objector

  • activist
  • advocate
  • agent provocateur
  • agitator
  • alarmist
  • anarchist
  • apostle
  • avant-garde
  • backer
  • bear
  • belligerent
  • bellyacher
  • booster
  • boycotter
  • champion
  • combatant
  • complainer
  • crab
  • crank
  • croaker
  • crock
  • crosspatch
  • crybaby
  • curmudgeon
  • defeatist
  • demagog
  • demagogue
  • demonstrator
  • disrupter
  • dissenter
  • dissident
  • exciter
  • exponent
  • extremist
  • fanatic
  • faultfinder
  • fighter
  • firebrand
  • fomenter
  • freethinker
  • fusser
  • grinch
  • griper
  • grouch
  • grouser
  • growler
  • grumbler
  • grump
  • heretic
  • hunks
  • hypochondriac
  • iconoclast
  • incendiary
  • inciter
  • instigator
  • insurgent
  • insurrectionist
  • kicker
  • killjoy
  • kindler
  • left-winger
  • leftist
  • malcontent
  • marcher
  • militant
  • moaner
  • murmurer
  • mutineer
  • mutterer
  • nagger
  • nihilist
  • nitpicker
  • nonconformist
  • obstructionist
  • pacifist
  • partisan
  • party pooper
  • persuader
  • pessimist
  • picketer
  • prodder
  • progressive
  • promoter
  • prompter
  • proponent
  • protester
  • protestor
  • provocateur
  • provoker
  • quibbler
  • rabble-rouser
  • radical
  • rebel
  • reformer
  • reformist
  • renegade
  • repiner
  • revolter
  • revolutionary
  • revolutionist
  • rioter
  • schismatic
  • secessionist
  • sectarian
  • sectary
  • separationist
  • separatist
  • skeptic
  • sorehead
  • sourpuss
  • spoilsport
  • striker
  • subversive
  • supporter
  • troublemaker
  • ultraist
  • warrior
  • whiner

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