narrow-minded

1. 1.

   capable of being shocked

   Synonymsshockable
2. 2.

   lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view

   “a brilliant but narrow-minded judge”

   “narrow opinions”

   Synonymsnarrow

   Antonymsbroad-minded

   Similarclose-mindeddogmaticilliberalopinionatedpetty
3. 3.

   rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines

   Similarsectarian

Questions about narrow-minded

What does narrow-minded mean?

narrow-minded means "capable of being shocked". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in narrow-minded?

narrow-minded has 4 syllables: nar-row--min-ded. The stress falls on "row-".

What is another word for narrow-minded?

Close synonyms include shockable, narrow. 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.

What is the opposite of narrow-minded?

The recorded antonyms are broad-minded.

Is narrow-minded a common word?

narrow-minded is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.