Synonyms of sectarian

sectarian 1 of 2

adjective

as in parochial

not broad or open in views or opinions

there are people on both the left and the right who have staked out unyielding sectarian positions in this debate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• parochial
• petty
• small
• narrow
• provincial
• insular
• little
• narrow-minded
• illiberal
• stubborn
• partisan
• Lilliputian
• small-minded
• bigoted
• picayune
• rigid
• discriminatory
• reactionary
• dogmatic
• obstinate
• intolerant
• wrongheaded
• dogmatical
• obdurate
• ironbound
• biased
• partial
• prejudiced
• discriminating
• limited
• opinionative
• hidebound
• inflexible
• jaundiced
• unyielding
• stodgy
• opinionated
• old-fashioned
• one-sided
• straitlaced
• unsophisticated
• stuffy
• straightlaced
• set
• hick
• brassbound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberal
• catholic
• cosmopolitan
• tolerant
• open
• receptive
• objective
• impartial
• nonpartisan
• unbiased
• unprejudiced
• broad-minded
• open-minded
• freethinking

sectarian

2 of 2

noun

as in partisan

one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices

charged that the work of Congress has been stymied by sectarians who are indifferent to reason and intolerant of compromise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• partisan
• partizan
• bigot
• dogmatist
• nationalist
• racist
• fanatic
• purist
• dogmatizer
• doctrinaire
• supremacist
• racialist
• chauvinist
• jingoist
• sexist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberal
• freethinker
• latitudinarian