HIGH-MINDED Synonyms: 175 Similar and Opposite Words

high-minded

adjective

ˈhī-ˈmīn-dəd

as in noble

having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature high-minded efforts to improve the lives of people who are less fortunate

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as in arrogant

self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance she was too high-minded to admit publicly to watching trashy movies, but privately she loved them

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Recent Examples of high-minded Hepburn was enamored with the high-minded Ferrer, though some saw him as a puppet master and opportunist. —

Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026 Or a group of high-minded, dutiful, quite-conscientious California voters? —

Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026 Her work is the apex of the avant-garde made accessible, high-minded and emotionally charged without being alienating. —

David Harris, SPIN, 11 May 2026 Such an attempt to normalize petty crime makes Vicky Osterweil’s 2020 manifesto, In Defense of Looting, look high-minded. —

Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high-minded

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In recent days, young Knicks fans have been made to digest from their dreary Boomer elders heavy doses of old-timey hoops lore, but mainly about the 1970 title series, featuring Willis Reed’s limping, yet noble appearance in Game Seven, his injured leg shot up with painkillers.

— David Remnick, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
The work also avoided the use of expensive noble metals, which are commonly used in high-performance catalysts.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026