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close-minded

adjective

close-minded is an adjective meaning “Unreceptive to new ideas or information; stubbornly set in one's ways” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-L-O-S-E-M-I-N-D-E-D.

What does close-minded mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    Unreceptive to new ideas or information; stubbornly set in one's ways.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of close-minded

  • more close-minded comparative
  • most close-minded superlative
  • closed-minded

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with close-minded

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

close-minded vs closed-minded10 B

Also written: closed-minded.

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).