Definitions of broad-minded
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inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own“a judge who is broad-minded but even-handed”
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Synonyms:
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broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
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catholic
comprehensive or broad-minded in tastes or interests; free from provincial prejudices or attachments
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free-thinking, latitudinarian, undogmatic, undogmatical
unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion)
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open-minded
ready to entertain new ideas
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Antonyms:
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blinkered, narrow, narrow-minded
lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
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close-minded, closed-minded
not ready to receive to new ideas
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dogmatic, dogmatical
characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
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illiberal, intolerant
narrow-minded about cherished opinions
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opinionated, opinionative, self-opinionated
obstinate in your opinions
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petty, small-minded
contemptibly narrow in outlook
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narrow
not wide
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broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant
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incapable of being shocked
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synonyms:
unshockable
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Antonyms:
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narrow-minded, shockable
capable of being shocked
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narrow-minded, shockable
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