small-minded

1. 1.

   contemptibly narrow in outlook

   “petty little comments”

   “disgusted with their small-minded pettiness”

   Synonymspetty

   Similarnarrow-minded

Questions about small-minded

What does small-minded mean?

small-minded means "contemptibly narrow in outlook".

How many syllables are in small-minded?

small-minded has 3 syllables: small--min-ded. The stress falls on "small-".

What is another word for small-minded?

Close synonyms include petty. 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 small-minded a common word?

small-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.