broad-minded

2 definitions found

broad-minded - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  broad-minded \broad-minded\ adj.
     1. incapable of being shocked. Opposite of shockable.
  
     Syn: unshockable.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from
        one's own. Opposite of narrow-minded. [Narrower terms:
        free-thinking, latitudinarian, undogmatic, undogmatical]
  
     Syn: broadminded, broad, liberal, tolerant, open-minded,
          open.
          [WordNet 1.5]

broad-minded - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  broad-minded
      adj 1: incapable of being shocked; "he was warmhearted, sensible
             and unshockable" [syn: unshockable, broad-minded]
             [ant: narrow-minded, shockable]
      2: inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your
         own; "a judge who is broad-minded but even-handed" [ant:
         narrow, narrow-minded]