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Synonyms for narrowminded
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : nar-oh-mahyn-did |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnær oʊˈmaɪn dɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for narrowminded Other synonyms for the word narrowminded
- affected
- antipathetic
- artificial
- austere
- averse
- base
- berserk
- bitten
- blind
- bloated
- bounded
- bourgeois
- bucolic
- bugged
- bullheaded
- burning
- casual
- chauvinistic
- cheap
- civic
- closed-minded
- cocksure
- commonplace
- communist
- confident
- confined
- conforming
- conservative
- contemptible
- contemptuous
- contumacious
- conventional
- corybantic
- country
- crazy
- credulous
- deaf
- definite
- demure
- deranged
- despotic
- determined
- devoted
- dictative
- discriminatory
- disdainful
- district
- divisional
- doctrinaire
- doctrinal
- dogmatic
- domineering
- downright
- dreary
- drippy
- dull
- egocentric
- egoistic
- egoistical
- egomaniacal
- egotistic
- egotistical
- emphatic
- enthusiastic
- erratic
- extreme
- extremist
- fanatical
- fascistic
- fastidious
- fervent
- feverish
- fiery
- finicky
- flipped
- foaming at the mouth
- formal
- fractious
- frantic
- freaked out
- frenetic
- frenzied
- frivolous
- furious
- fusty
- genteel
- geographical
- greedy
- hackneyed
- hateful
- headstrong
- hidebound
- high and mighty
- high on
- hoggish
- homegrown
- homespun
- hot
- humdrum
- humorless
- illiberal
- immoderate
- impassioned
- imperious
- important
- impulsive
- in rut
- inclined
- inconsequent
- inconsiderable
- incorrigible
- indignant
- individualistic
- inessential
- inexorable
- infatuated
- inferior
- inflexible
- influenced
- infuriated
- insane
- insular
- intemperate
- intolerant
- intransigent
- inward-looking
- irate
- irrational
- irrelevant
- irritable
- isolationist
- jaundiced
- junior
- keen
- lame
- leaning
- legendary
- lesser
- light
- limited
- literal
- little
- local
- lower
- mad
- mad-dog
- magisterial
- mean
- measly
- mercenary
- mincing
- minor
- miserly
- moderate
- monomaniacal
- moral
- musty
- narcissistic
- narrow
- narrow-minded
- negligible
- neighborhood
- nickel-and-dime
- niggling
- not heretical
- nugatory
- nuts for
- nutty
- obdurate
- obsessed
- obsessive
- obstinate
- of no account
- offish
- one-sided
- opinionated
- out for number one
- outraged
- overbearing
- overboard
- overexact
- overmodest
- overnice
- paltry
- parish
- parochial
- parsimonious
- partial
- partisan
- passionate
- pastoral
- peanut
- pedestrian
- penny-ante
- peremptory
- pettifogging
- petty
- picayune
- piddling
- pigheaded
- poisoned
- pompous
- possessed
- precise
- preconceived
- predisposed
- prejudiced
- prepossessed
- presupposing
- pretentious
- priggish
- prim
- prim and proper
- prissy
- proper
- prosaic
- provincial
- prudish
- puffy
- puritanical
- rabid
- racialist
- racist
- radical
- raging
- raving
- reactionary
- regional
- resistant
- revolutionary
- rigid
- rigorous
- routine
- rube
- rude
- run-of-the-mill
- rural
- rustic
- scratch
- scrupulous
- secondary
- sectarian
- sectional
- self-centered
- self-important
- self-indulgent
- self-interested
- self-seeking
- severe
- sexist
- shabby
- shallow
- shoestring
- short-fuse
- short-sighted
- shortsighted
- sick
- simpering
- single-minded
- sizzling
- slanted
- slight
- small
- small-minded
- small-town
- smoking
- snappy
- sober
- solemn
- square
- squeamish
- staid
- starchy
- steamed up
- stereotyped
- stern
- stiff
- stiff-necked
- stilted
- stingy
- stodgy
- straight
- straight-laced
- strait-laced
- straitlaced
- strict
- stubborn
- stuffy
- subordinate
- tenacious
- territorial
- tilted
- town
- trifling
- turned on
- twisted
- two-bit
- tyrannical
- ultra
- ultraist
- uncharitable
- unenlarged
- unequivocal
- unfair
- unforbearing
- ungenerous
- unimportant
- unindulgent
- uninformed
- uninteresting
- unpersuadable
- unpolished
- unruly
- unsophisticated
- unsympathetic
- unwilling
- upset
- uptight
- vernacular
- Victorian
- violent
- virulent
- visionary
- warped
- waspish
- wild
- willful
- worked-up
- wrapped up in oneself
- wrong-headed
- xenophobic
- zealous
Définition of narrowminded
Origin :- also narrow minded, 1620s, from narrow (adj.) + minded. Related: Narrow-mindedness. Middle English had narrow-hearted "mean, ungenerous, ignoble" (c.1200).
- As in intolerant : adj impatient, prejudiced
- As in narrow : adj intolerant, small-minded
- As in narrow-minded : adj biased, intolerant
- As in petty : adj trivial, insignificant
- As in provincial : adj countrified; limited
- As in prudish : adj shy and strict in behavior
- As in rabid : adj very angry; maniacal
- As in racist : adj bigoted
- As in selfish : adj thinking only of oneself
- As in stuffy : adj old-fashioned, prim
- As in bigoted : adj intolerant, prejudiced
- As in prejudiced : adj biased
- As in close-minded : adj inflexible
- As in inconsiderable : adj petty
- As in small-town : adj local
- As in conventional : adj unoriginal
- As in dogmatic : adj dictatorial, opinionated
- As in fanatical : adj overenthusiastic
- "I hope no one thinks I'm a narrowminded man, Joe," I reproved him.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- There's a fellow called Peacock, now, a most pig-headed, narrowminded chap.
- Extract from : « The Country House » by John Galsworthy
Antonyms for narrowminded
- abnormal
- accepting
- adventurous
- airy
- ambiguous
- amenable
- apathetic
- benevolent
- big
- bold
- brave
- breezy
- broad
- broad-minded
- calm
- caring
- citified
- city
- clear
- consequential
- cool
- current
- delighted
- different
- disinterested
- dispassionate
- doubtful
- doubting
- dubious
- enormous
- equivocal
- exotic
- extroverted
- fair
- first-class
- first-rate
- flexible
- fluctuating
- foreign
- generous
- great
- greater
- happy
- huge
- humanitarian
- immense
- impartial
- important
- indecisive
- indefinite
- indifferent
- informal
- irregular
- just
- kind
- large
- lethargic
- liberal
- major
- manageable
- metropolitan
- modern
- necessary
- new
- nice
- not positive
- obedient
- open
- open-minded
- original
- outgoing
- patient
- pleased
- progressive
- prominent
- questioning
- radical
- receptive
- sane
- significant
- skeptical
- spendthrift
- strange
- submissive
- superior
- tolerant
- unbiased
- uncertain
- uncommon
- unconfined
- unconventional
- uncustomary
- unenthusiastic
- unexcited
- unique
- unprejudiced
- unrestricted
- unselfish
- unusual
- urban
- useful
- vacillating
- vague
- ventilated
- wasting
- wide
- willing
- yielding
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