Opinionated

//əˈpɪn.jə.neɪ.tɪd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of opinionate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having very strong opinions.

    "Her dad is so opinionated that when he's around it is hard to simply relax and have a light conversation."

  2. 2
    Holding to one's own opinion obstinately and unreasonably.

    "Her dad is so opinionated that the others' preferences were overridden and no one had any fun on the outing."

  3. 3
    Infused with opinions rather than wholly objective.

    "His essay was opinionated, which was a problem because the assignment had been to write a factual analysis."

  4. 4
    Enforcing one particular approach instead of offering options and flexibility.

    "an opinionated framework"

Adjective
  1. 1
    obstinate in your opinions wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
antiblackassertivebalkingbalkybiasedbigoted

Example

More examples

"There's a balance between touting the equal merit of everything and being closed-mindedly opinionated, that I'm still trying to find."

Related phrases

self-opinionated

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