broad-minded

Adjective

Meaning

inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own

incapable of being shocked

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

catholic liberal progressive tolerant receptive unbiased cosmopolitan permissive dispassionate unprejudiced free-thinking undogmatic unshockable open-minded open

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Antonyms

narrow-minded orthodox old-fashioned local small traditional

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Examples

People are broad-minded. They'll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater and even a newspaperman, but if a man does not drive, there is something wrong with him. Art Buchwald

Literature is humanity's broad-minded alter-ego, with room in its heart for monsters, even for you. It's humanity without the judgement. Glen Duncan

My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded. Sade Adu

I grew up in an agnostic broad-minded family. Laura Z. Hobson

He was a phenomenal person, compassionate, sensitive, caring and broad-minded. He was instrumental in revitalizing an ancient art and taking it to an international level. B.K.S. Iyengar

The broad-minded see the truth in different religions; the narrow-minded see only the differences. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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