open mind
Willingness to consider
An open mind is a willingness to consider new ideas, perspectives, or possibilities without prejudging them.
To keep an open mind is to suspend judgment until you've heard the evidence.
The phrase often implies receptiveness that someone might otherwise lack: Try to approach it with an open mind.
Having an open mind doesn't mean accepting everything—just being willing to hear it out.
Request for information
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- discoveryAct of finding something
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
fascination · inquisitiveness · learning · seeking · investigation · openness · fresh perspective · intellectual humility
Willing to receive
- nonjudgmentalNot forming harsh opinions
- perceptiveQuick to understand
- attentivePaying close notice
- responsiveQuick to react
approachable · unbiased · impartial · amenable · considerate · observant · mindful · discerning
Able to adjust readily
- versatileCapable in varied contexts
- malleableCapable of being shaped
- fluidSubstance that flows
- dynamicActive and changing
adjustable · unconventional · nontraditional · progressive · free-thinking · unorthodox · experimental · revisable
Covering all members
- pluralisticAllowing coexisting differences
- egalitarianEquality principle supporter
- fairImpartial and unbiased
- equitableJust and unbiased
respectful · patient · compassionate · humanitarian · peaceable · cosmopolitan · multicultural · ecumenical
inquiry
Request for information
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- discoveryAct of finding something
wonder · fascination · inquisitiveness · learning · seeking · investigation · openness · fresh perspective · intellectual humility · receptivity
accepting
Willing to receive
- nonjudgmentalNot forming harsh opinions
- perceptiveQuick to understand
- attentivePaying close notice
responsive · approachable · unbiased · impartial · amenable · considerate · observant · mindful · discerning · welcoming
adaptable
Able to adjust readily
dynamic · adjustable · unconventional · nontraditional · progressive · free-thinking · unorthodox · experimental · revisable · undogmatic
inclusive
Covering all members
- pluralisticAllowing coexisting differences
- egalitarianEquality principle supporter
- fairImpartial and unbiased
equitable · respectful · patient · compassionate · humanitarian · peaceable · cosmopolitan · multicultural · ecumenical · interfaith
- Mind Idiomsquick wit, bird brain, pea brain, big brain, brain fog
- Mind/Thought Idiomstrain of thought, food for thought, brainstorm, brain wave, think tank
- body idiomsheart of gold, heart of stone, cold heart, warm heart, soft heart
- open-mindednessopenness, broadminded, receptivity, receptiveness, receptive
- curiosityinquisitiveness, wonder, questioning, inquiry, interest
- mindsetsgrowth mindset, fixed mindset, mindset, abundance mindset, scarcity mindset
open mindclosed-mindedness
Refusal to consider other views
narrow-mindedness · close-mindedness · dogmatism · intolerance · prejudice
open mindintolerance
Unwillingness to accept differences
parochialism · provincialism · insularity · xenophobia · small-mindedness
open mindblack-and-white thinking
Seeing only extremes
absolutism · certitude · fundamentalism · literalism · binary thinking