open-minded

open–minded

adjective

Definition of OPEN-MINDED

1

willing to consider new or different ideas <all I ask is that you try to be open-minded when we present our suggestions>

Synonyms broad-minded, open, receptive

Related Words impartial, neutral, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced; easygoing, nonjudgmental, tolerant; calm, detached, dispassionate; amenable, compliant; impressionable, suggestible, susceptible; persuadable, persuasible

Near Antonyms biased, narrow, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced; bigoted, intolerant

Antonyms narrow-minded, unreceptive

2

not bound by traditional ways or beliefs <younger people are often more open-minded on social and political issues>

Synonyms broad-minded, nonconventional, nonorthodox, nontraditional, open-minded, progressive, radical, unconventional, unorthodox

Related Words advanced, contemporary, modern; forbearing, indulgent, large-minded, lenient, permissive, tolerant; extreme; impartial, objective, unbiased

Near Antonyms hard, rigid, strict; doctrinal, dogmatic (also dogmatical); bigoted, blinkered, intolerant, narrow-minded; reactionary, unreconstructed

Antonyms conservative, conventional, hidebound, nonprogressive, old-fashioned, orthodox, stodgy, traditional