BROADMINDED Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

broad-minded

adjective

ˈbrȯd-ˈmīn-dəd

Definition of broad-minded next

as in liberal

not bound by traditional ways or beliefs a broad-minded philosophy of parenting

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as in open

willing to consider new or different ideas we have to be broad-minded on this issue, since traditional solutions no longer work

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Recent Examples of broad-minded Claire Danes, left, and Brittany Snow in The Beast in Me Chris Saunders—Netflix Advertisement Aggie is supposed to be writing a broad-minded book on the unlikely friendship between Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia. —

Judy Berman, Time, 13 Nov. 2025 Liberal means generous, broad-minded, tolerant, worldly, seeking acculturation and education, and using government to aid collective human flourishing. —

Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025 Plus, a lot of social policies that many Californians consider beneficent and broad-minded that, to put it mildly, others around the country consider much less so. —

Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025 Instead of articulating a compelling vision that could spark a broad-minded counterpunch to narrow-minded populism, Newsom has taken an oddly defeatist course in his first podcasts. —

Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025 Jewish groups that are more broad-minded and sensible reacted with concern over the fate of the hostages and revulsion at the entire idea. —

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025 The poet Robert Frost once said that a liberal is someone too broad-minded to take his own side in a fight. —

Rich Lowry, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Intelligent, beautiful, 18 to 25, broad-minded, sensitive, affectionate. —

Adrienne Raphel, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024

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Roughly a mile away as the crow flies is the site of what once was known as Mills College, which was a private, four-year liberal-arts college for women.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
Politically, the industry was equal parts liberal and libertarian, and was perhaps best reflected by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, created to protect the denizens of cyberspace from an overreaching government.

— Jonathan Weber, Fortune, 19 May 2026