close-minded
Unwilling to reconsider
Close-minded describes someone unwilling to consider new ideas or different perspectives.
A close-minded person dismisses unfamiliar viewpoints without examination: He's too close-minded to even listen to the proposal.
The term carries negative connotations—nobody self-identifies as close-minded.
Also spelled closed-minded, which some consider more grammatically correct.
Unable to see ahead
- blinkeredHaving restricted outlook
- narrowOf small width
- limitedRestricted in extent
- shallowWithout much depth
superficial · one-dimensional · tunnel-visioned · one-track · unimaginative · incurious · uninquisitive · unquestioning
Stubbornly intolerant of others
- prejudicedBiased against a group
- xenophobicFearing or hating outsiders
- homophobicPrejudiced against gay people
- sexistBiased based on gender
racist · discriminatory · chauvinistic · sectarian · biased · illiberal · unaccepting · judgmental
Asserting opinions as facts
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
intransigent · adamant · immovable · resistant · unreceptive · impervious · hardened · entrenched
Firmly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- opinionatedFirmly attached to beliefs
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
pigheaded · willful · recalcitrant · hardheaded · obdurate · stiff-necked · self-righteous · unteachable
shortsighted
Unable to see ahead
shallow · superficial · one-dimensional · tunnel-visioned · one-track · unimaginative · incurious · uninquisitive · unquestioning · uncritical
bigoted
Stubbornly intolerant of others
- prejudicedBiased against a group
- xenophobicFearing or hating outsiders
- homophobicPrejudiced against gay people
sexist · racist · discriminatory · chauvinistic · sectarian · biased · illiberal · unaccepting · judgmental · exclusionary
dogmatic
Asserting opinions as facts
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unbendingRefusing to change position
uncompromising · intransigent · adamant · immovable · resistant · unreceptive · impervious · hardened · entrenched · fixed
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- opinionatedFirmly attached to beliefs
mulish · pigheaded · willful · recalcitrant · hardheaded · obdurate · stiff-necked · self-righteous · unteachable · incorrigible
- intolerantbigoted, biased, prejudiced, discriminatory, intolerant
- narrow-mindednessnarrowness, bigotry, intolerance, prejudice, myopia
- flawsfaults, defect, flaw, blemish, flaws
close-mindedopen-minded
Receptive to different ideas
broad-minded · receptive · open · unprejudiced · unbiased
close-mindedcurious
Eager to learn
inquisitive · inquiring · exploratory · questioning · adventurous
close, mind, mindful, minded, mindset, mindfulness, unmindful, open-minded, narrow-minded