open-minded

1. 1.

   ready to entertain new ideas

   “an open-minded curiosity”

   “open-minded impartiality”

   Similarbroad-minded

Questions about open-minded

What does open-minded mean?

open-minded means "ready to entertain new ideas".

How many syllables are in open-minded?

open-minded has 4 syllables: o-pen--min-ded. The stress falls on "pen-".

Is open-minded a common word?

open-minded is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.