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Synonyms for close-minded

  • adjective

Most common

pig-headed narrow-minded intolerant dogmatic stubborn rigid inflexible doctrinaire

All synonyms

Adjective

narrow-minded, pig-headed, intolerant, dogmatic, stubborn, doctrinaire, inflexible, rigid, illiberal, partisan, hide-bound, unpersuadable

Antonyms

open-minded, liberal, tolerant

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Unreceptive to new ideas or information; stubbornly set in one's ways.

Related words

Other spellings
closed-minded closedminded closeminded

Example sentences

  • intolerant Why didn't you tell me you were lactose intolerant?
  • dogmatic Layla is a really dogmatic and close-minded person.
  • stubborn I'm not stubborn; i'm just always right, thats it.
  • rigid Ziri came across as overly rigid and unreasonable.

By length

5 letters
rigid2
8 letters
stubborn2, partisan3, dogmatic3
9 letters
illiberal
10 letters
intolerant4, inflexible4
11 letters
doctrinaire3
13 letters
unpersuadable

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rigid2 = 2 syllables).