Synonyms for Parochial

Synonyms for "parochial" (138 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Adjective(8 words)

insular blinkered chauvinistic countrifiedcultural bias towardcultural isolationdepartmental siloecclesiastical

authoritarian biased bigot bigoted borne closedclosed mindedconfined conservative constricted conventional cramped creedbound deafdeaf to reasondogmatic

Noun(4 words)

backwoods blinkering chauvinistchurch garden

Strong matches (41)

ethnocentric exceptional excluding exclusive exclusory fanatical genteelgeographically limitedhidebound illiberal immovable inadmissible insular intolerant intractable isolated limited littlelittle mindedlittle-minded

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local localized mean mean-minded mean-spirited narrownarrow gaugenarrow mindednarrow-hearted narrow-minded

Adjective(7 words)

futurelessinsular groupislandishlocal audiencelocalistic myopicnarrow curriculum

Noun(4 words)

insular scholarlyinsularityisland nationmost tribal

Related words (69)

narrow-souled narrow-spirited near-sighted nearsightedof a placeone-sided opinionated partial partisan petty preclusive prejudiced prescriptive preventive prohibitive provincial purblind regional restricted restrictive

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Noun(3 words)

nimbytribal courttribalistic thinking

Adjective(14 words)

parish-based provincialprovincial archiveprovincial capital cityprovincial capitalsregional sectarianismregionalisticreligious institutionscholarly factionalismsectarian curriculumtribal assemblytribalistic tweedier vicarial

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

4 entries

bias local perspective religious

More specific

4 entries

narrow mindednessparish churchparochial schoolsectarian

Collocations

5 entries

parochial concernsparochial educationparochial mindsetparochial politicsparochial school

Inflections

2 entries

more parochialmost parochial

Derivations

3 entries

parochialism parochiality parochially

similar

1 entries

provincial

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He is a member of the parochial board.

Source: tatoeba (818078)

His parents wanted him to have a Catholic education so they sent him to parochial school.

Source: tatoeba (8977707)

Our activism has been called parochial, but I would like to believe that our efforts will inspire others to make a difference in their own communities.

Source: tatoeba (10660861)

The use of simple, primary colors in the painting gave it a parochial feel.

Source: wiktionary

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