Illiberal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Narrow-minded; bigoted.
  • adj. Archaic Ungenerous, mean, or stingy.
  • adj. Archaic Lacking liberal culture.
  • adj. Archaic Ill-bred; vulgar.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. restrictive to individual choice and freedom; authoritarian.
  • adj. narrow-minded; bigoted
  • adj. ungenerous, stingy
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid.
  • adj. Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.
  • adj. Not well authorized or elegant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not liberal; ignoble.
  • Not catholic; of narrow or prejudiced opinions or judgment.
  • Not manifesting or not promoting high culture; contracted; vulgar; coarse.
  • Not elegant: as, illiberal Latin.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. narrow-minded about cherished opinions
  • Equivalent
    narrow    narrow-minded   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    close    niggardly    mean    sordid    ignoble   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ungenerous    stingy    niggardly    penurious    bigoted