Antonyms for open-minded

Grammar : Adj

Spell : oh-puh n-mahyn-did

Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ pənˈmaɪn dɪd

Definition of open-minded

Origin : also openminded, open minded, 1828, first recorded in Carlyle; from open (adj.) + minded. Figurative use of open (adj.) with reference to hearts, hands, etc. is from early 15c. Related: Open-mindedly; open-mindedness.

adj receptive

Example sentences :

He's a lawyer himself, but certainly not an open-minded one.
Extract from : « Dear Enemy » by Jean Webster

The Japanese are open-minded and receptive of truth, from whatever quarter it may come.
Extract from : « The Gist of Japan » by R. B. Peery

Unfortunately his Brother on the Bench was not so open-minded.
Extract from : « Irish Witchcraft and Demonology » by St. John D. (St. John Drelincourt) Seymour

If this be so, every open-minded reader will better see the truth by comparison.
Extract from : « English Secularism » by George Jacob Holyoake

I, who had ever been open-minded, must learn to keep my own counsel.
Extract from : « The Wanderer's Necklace » by H. Rider Haggard

He's a good sort and he's open-minded, but there are things may daunt even him.
Extract from : « Nobody's Child » by Elizabeth Dejeans

The story of a lovely, opened-eyed, open-minded American girl.
Extract from : « A Northern Countryside » by Rosalind Richards

And it is not at all what we mean when we say of S. Joseph that he was open-minded.
Extract from : « Our Lady Saint Mary » by J. G. H. Barry

Open-minded, perhaps,—though I don't know that that is calling it rightly.
Extract from : « Lewis Rand » by Mary Johnston

All that any official of the company required of us was that we be open-minded.
Extract from : « American Adventures » by Julian Street

Synonyms for open-minded

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