'High-minded' definitions:
Definition of 'high-minded'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high- flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" [syn: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded]
Definition of 'High-minded'
From: GCIDE
- High-minded \High"-mind"ed\, a.
- 1. Proud; arrogant. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Be not high-minded, but fear. --Rom. xi. 20. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean. [1913 Webster]
- High-minded, manly recognition of those truths. --A. Norton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'high-minded'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- big,
- bighearted,
- blameless,
- chivalrous,
- Christian,
- clean,
- creditable,
- decent,
- elevated,
- erect,
- estimable,
- ethical,
- exalted,
- fair,
- full of integrity,
- generous,
- good,
- great,
- great of heart,
- greathearted,
- handsome,
- heroic,
- high,
- high-flown,
- high-headed,
- high-nosed,
- high-principled,
- high-toned,
- highfalutin,
- highfaluting,
- highly respectable,
- honest,
- honorable,
- idealistic,
- immaculate,
- inviolate,
- irreproachable,
- just,
- knightly,
- largehearted,
- law-abiding,
- law-loving,
- law-revering,
- liberal,
- lofty,
- magnanimous,
- manly,
- moral,
- noble,
- noble-minded,
- openhanded,
- princely,
- principled,
- pure,
- reputable,
- respectable,
- right,
- right-minded,
- righteous,
- spotless,
- stainless,
- sterling,
- sublime,
- true-dealing,
- true-devoted,
- true-disposing,
- true-souled,
- true-spirited,
- truehearted,
- unblemished,
- uncorrupt,
- uncorrupted,
- undefiled,
- unimpeachable,
- unspotted,
- unstained,
- unsullied,
- untarnished,
- upright,
- uprighteous,
- upstanding,
- virtuous,
- worthy,
- yeomanly