pontifical

pontifical

adjective

Definition of PONTIFICAL

given to or marked by the forceful expression of strongly held opinions <a theater critic known for his pontifical pronouncements on what is or is not worth seeing>

Synonyms doctrinaire, opinionated, opinionative, opinioned, pontifical, self-opinionated

Related Words adamant, adamantine, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, inflexible, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rigid, self-willed, stubborn, unbending, unyielding

Near Antonyms broadminded, open, open-minded, receptive

Antonyms latitudinarian, undoctrinaire, undogmatic