broad-minded
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈbrɔːdˌmaɪndɪd/
- You seem much more broad-minded about different viewpoints now than you did last year.
- broad-minded and tolerant
- very broad-minded
- more broad-minded
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Watch on YouTubeYou're like so much more open and broad minded than when we first met.
- You're like so much more open and broad minded than when we first met.
- And in terms of like the mentality, people are so much more like broad minded.
- But if there helps through it, you end up with teenagers who are philosophical and and broad minded in ways that you don't see usually at that age.
Examples
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Bank officials must admit there is a problem and move with shareholders toward broad-minded reform.
Academic text (2001) -
And they were very happy with him because they felt he had been so broad minded and fair in his treatment of women.
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I thought you were a broad-minded guy.
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Yeah, hi I am a fun loving, broad-minded guy.
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Now, I am quite broad-minded.
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I am broad-minded, but this is ridiculous.
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I assume that we all have areas where we are less broad-minded than others.
Fiction book (1996) -
The more broad-minded investigators that come into the field, the better its progress will be.
Academic text (1999) -
Darwin was liberal in politics, probably a genuine atheist in religion, and remarkably broad-minded in his views on sexual behavior.
Academic text (1993) -
A University of Hawai'i student recalled his "broad-minded, unbiased, and friendly" public school teachers who helped shape his views during the 1910s and 20s.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
172
3.7
Ready to listen to new ideas and accept different views
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3.2
Accepting of people and ideas that are different
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3.6
Willing to welcome new ideas, people, or situations without judging them
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4.4
Being careful to judge people and ideas honestly without taking sides
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3.6
Willing to accept different ideas and people
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4.1
Ready to accept new ideas and people in a friendly way
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6.7
Including many different kinds of things and open to many ideas
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6.0
Willing to accept other people's ideas and be kind to them
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6.9
Open-minded and fair toward people from different backgrounds
Open to different ideas and willing to change views
Antonyms
How Open-Minded
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Broad-minded combines broad ('wide') and mind ('thinking'), so it gives the image of someone with a 'wide' way of thinking. That's why broad-minded means being willing to accept and respect opinions or behaviors that are different from your own.