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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | receptive |
| Synonyms: | acceptant, acceptive, approachable, broad-minded, impartial, interested, observant, open to suggestions, perceptive, persuadable, swayable, tolerant, unbiased, understanding |
| Main Entry: | broad-minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberal |
| Synonyms: | advanced, catholic, cosmopolitan, dispassionate, flexible, free-thinking, indulgent, liberal, open, open-minded, permissive, progressive, radical, receptive, responsive, tolerant, unbiased, unbigoted, undogmatic, unprejudiced, wide |
| Antonyms: | close-minded, small-minded |
| Main Entry: | catholic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | all-embracing, general |
| Synonyms: | all-inclusive, broad-minded, charitable, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, diffuse, eclectic, ecumenical, extensive, generic, global, inclusive, indeterminate, large-scale, liberal, open-minded, planetary, receptive, tolerant, unbigoted, universal, unprejudiced, unsectarian, whole, wide, world-wide |
| Notes: | Catholic means of or relating to or supporting the Roman Catholic Church while catholic means of broad or liberal scope Catholic means of or relating to or supporting the Roman Catholic Church while catholic means of broad or liberal scope |
| Antonyms: | narrow, narrow-minded, specific |
| Main Entry: | enlightened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | informed, educated |
| Synonyms: | aware, broad-minded, civilized, cultivated, hip to, in the picture, instructed, knowing what's what, knowledgeable, learned, liberal, literate, open-minded, plugged in, reasonable, refined, savvy, sharp, sophisticated, tuned in, wised up |
| Antonyms: | confounded, confused, in the dark, misled, perplexed, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed |
| Main Entry: | humane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, compassionate |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, altruistic, amiable, approachable, benevolent, benign, benignant, broad-minded, charitable, clement, considerate, cordial, democratic, forbearing, forgiving, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, good-natured, gracious, helpful, human, humanitarian, indulgent, kindhearted, kindly, lenient, liberal, magnanimous, merciful, mild, natural, obliging, open-minded, philanthropic, pitying, righteous, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, tolerant, understanding, unselfish, warmhearted |
| Notes: | a human is a person while being humane means characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion |
| Antonyms: | cruel, fierce, inhumane, merciless, uncivilized, uncompassionate, unkind, unsympathetic, violent |
| Main Entry: | impartial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fair, unprejudiced |
| Synonyms: | candid, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fair-minded, impersonal, just, middle-of-the-road, neutral, nondiscriminating, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, on-the-fence, open-minded, unbiased, unbigoted, uncolored, unslanted, without favor |
| Antonyms: | biased, discriminating, favoring, partial, prejudiced, unfair, unjust |
| Main Entry: | objective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fair, impartial |
| Synonyms: | cold, cool, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, evenhanded, impersonal, judicial, just, like it is, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, open-minded*, straight, strictly business, unbiased, uncolored, unemotional, uninvolved, unprejudiced, unprepossessed |
| Antonyms: | partial, prejudiced, subjective, unfair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | permissive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lenient |
| Synonyms: | acquiescent, agreeable, allowing, approving, easy-going, forbearing, free, indulgent, latitudinarian, lax, liberal, open-minded, permitting, susceptible, tolerant |
| Antonyms: | intolerant, mean, strict |
| Main Entry: | progressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberal; growing |
| Synonyms: | accelerating, advanced, advancing, avant-garde*, bleeding-heart, broad, broad-minded, continuing, continuous, developing, dynamic, enlightened, enterprising, escalating, forward-looking, go-ahead, gradual, graduated, increasing, intensifying, left of center, left*, lenient, modern, ongoing, onward, open-minded, radical, reformist, revolutionary, tolerant, up-and-coming, up-to-date, wide |
| Antonyms: | conservative, moderate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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