High-minded
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: High-minded is an adjective meaning Given to idealism.
Meaning
Given to idealism.
More Meanings
- Refined, cultured, particularly civilized.
- Proud or arrogant.
- Magnanimous.
Example Sentences
After the pause for much more self-deprecating laughter and with everyone listening, Salmond rounded off his story on a high-minded note. The hospital near that village is also powered by the same hydro project, he told them.
Walter was the ideal—generous, high-minded, clear in perception; but sensitive, even weak, in action; or, rather, too apt to imagine a world full of lofty aims and noble impulses, and then fancying that was the world in which he had to live.
Synonyms for high-minded
Depending on context, synonyms include noble, lofty, exalted, rarefied, rarified, idealistic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include exalted, rarefied, high-flown, idealistic, lofty, noble.
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