Synonyms for broad-mindedness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : brawd-mahyn-did

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrɔdˈmaɪn dɪd

Top 10 synonyms for broad-mindedness

Other synonyms for the word broad-mindedness

Définition of broad-mindedness

Origin : 1590s; see broad (adj.) + minded. This abstract mental sense of broad existed in Old English; e.g. bradnes "breadth," also "liberality."

As in lenience : noun tolerance
As in lenity : noun tolerance
As in open-mindedness : noun openness
As in openness : noun openmindedness
As in receptiveness : noun openness
As in receptivity : noun openness
As in responsiveness : noun openness
As in toleration : noun tolerance
As in enlightenment : noun awareness, understanding

Example sentences :

I was pleased with my broad-mindedness, that enabled me to see all sides of the baby question.
Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin

You see how quickly his broad-mindedness is replaced by most careful caution.
Extract from : « The Young Priest's Keepsake » by Michael Phelan

I don't see that their broad-mindedness is getting them anything.
Extract from : « The Plastic Age » by Percy Marks

As an instance of his broad-mindedness, the following extract from his Diary for June 20th is interesting.
Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll » by Stuart Dodgson Collingwood

What a relief it is occasionally to meet with broad-mindedness on the part of those who are charged with our education.
Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

I know, of course, full well one frequent consequence of the broad-mindedness which results.
Extract from : « Platform Monologues » by T. G. Tucker

He could not thus easily surrender his pride of original thought and broad-mindedness.
Extract from : « A Voice in the Wilderness » by Grace Livingston Hill

Wideness of the palm denotes generosity, broad-mindedness, etc.; while a narrow palm denotes the reverse.
Extract from : « How to Read Human Nature » by William Walker Atkinson

Billy was a country fellow with little experience of life, and broad-mindedness was not a conspicuous trait of his character.
Extract from : « The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World » by Margaret Vandercook

Nine times out of ten a man's broad-mindedness is necessarily the narrowest thing about him.
Extract from : « What I Saw in America » by G. K. Chesterton

Antonyms for broad-mindedness

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