Synonyms of the word smallminded


SMALL-MINDEDNARROW - NARROW-MINDED - PETTY

small-minded

  • adj. Selfish, petty; constrained in thought, limited in scope of consideration, not mindful of the big picture.

narrow

  • adj. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison…
  • adj. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
  • adj. (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
  • adj. Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted.
  • adj. Having a small margin or degree.
  • adj. (dated) Limited as to means; straitened.
  • adj. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
  • adj. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
  • adj. (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate;…
  • v. (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
  • v. (intransitive) To get narrower.
  • v. (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
  • n. (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait…

narrow-minded

  • adj. Having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas.
  • adj. Intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced.

petty

  • adj. (obsolete except in set phrases) Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
  • adj. Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
  • adj. Narrow-minded, small-minded.
  • n. (usually in the plural, obsolete) A little schoolboy, either in grade or size.
  • n. (now historical) A class or school for young schoolboys.
  • n. (dialect, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

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