Synonym Dictionary

Narrow in outlook or isolated from outside ideas and influences.

One word family: also includes insularity.

The central or most important part of an idea or matter.

Open to unfamiliar ideas or ways of living rather than narrowly bound by convention.

Very high or elevated; figuratively, ambitious, noble, or expressed with superiority.

A word or phrase repeated frequently as a guiding idea; also a sacred utterance in some traditions.

An incorrect belief or understanding.

To interpret something incorrectly.

A recurring figure, image, or idea in a work of music, art, or literature.

Unwilling to consider ideas or practices beyond a limited set of familiar views.

An idea, belief, or impression about something.

A model of excellence or a perfect example of a quality.

Relating to an idealized rural or shepherding life.

Presenting another person's words, ideas, or work as one's own without proper acknowledgment.

Representing the most characteristic or ideal example of a type.

Idealistic to an impractical or unrealistic degree.

Willing to listen to, consider, or accept ideas and suggestions.

To restore harmony or make differing accounts or ideas consistent.

To reject a claim, idea, or association as invalid or unacceptable.

Following another person's ideas uncritically.

The combination of separate ideas or elements into a coherent whole.

Lacking meaningful thought, substance, or ideas.

Showing imaginative insight about future possibilities, sometimes without enough practical detail.

A sudden wish or idea that lacks a settled reason or plan.