small–minded

1 unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints a small-minded man only concerned with his own well-being Synonyms bigoted, illiberal, narrow, narrow-minded, prejudiced, small-mindedRelated Words hidebound, old-fashioned, reactionary; blindfolded, blinkered, insular, parochial, provincial; biased, one-sided, partial, partisanNear Antonyms extreme, progressive, radical; impartial, objective, unbiasedAntonyms broad-minded, liberal, open-minded, tolerant, unprejudiced

2 not broad or open in views or opinions resented the small-minded people who automatically opposed every new idea Synonyms illiberal, insular, Lilliputian, little, narrow-minded, parochial, petty, picayune, provincial, sectarian, small, small-mindedRelated Words inflexible, ironbound, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, set, stubborn, unyielding, wrongheaded; bigoted, intolerant; biased, discriminating, discriminatory, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced; brass bound, hidebound, old-fashioned, reactionary, stodgy, straitlaced (or straightlaced), stuffy; dogmatic (also dogmatical), opinionated, opinionative; limited; hick, unsophisticatedNear Antonyms impartial, nonpartisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced; freethinkingAntonyms broad-minded, catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal, open, open-minded, receptive, tolerant