illiberal

1. 1.

   narrow-minded about cherished opinions

   Synonymsintolerant

   Similarnarrow-minded

Questions about illiberal

What does illiberal mean?

illiberal means "narrow-minded about cherished opinions".

How many syllables are in illiberal?

illiberal has 4 syllables: il-li-be-ral. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for illiberal?

Close synonyms include intolerant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is illiberal a common word?

illiberal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.