opinionated

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UK/əˈpɪn.jə.neɪ.tɪd/US[əˈpɪn.jə.neɪ.ɾɪd]Australia/əˈpɪn.jə.næɪ.tɪd/Australia[əˈpɪn.jə.næɪ.ɾɪd]

adjective

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.”

Less commonScrabble 14

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of opinionate
adjectiveopinionated (comparative more opinionated, superlative most opinionated)

comparative more opinionated · superlative most opinionated

  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.

    Antonyms: unopinionated

  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. 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. computingEnforcing one particular approach instead of offering options and flexibility.

    an opinionated framework

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving very strong opinions.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveobstinate in your opinions

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic مُتَعَنِّت
  • مُتَعَنِّت (mutaʕannit)holding very strong opinions
Bulgarian догматичен, упорит
  • догматичен (dogmatičen)holding very strong opinions
  • упорит (uporit)obstinately holding to one's opinion
Chinese Mandarin 有主見的 /有主见的, 固執己見的 /固执己见的
  • 有主見的 /有主见的 (yǒuzhǔjiàn de)holding very strong opinions
  • 固執己見的 /固执己见的 (gùzhíjǐjiàn de)obstinately holding to one's opinion
Finnish kärkevä, jyrkkä
  • kärkeväholding very strong opinions
  • jyrkkäholding very strong opinions
  • itsepäinenobstinately holding to one's opinion
  • besserwisserobstinately holding to one's opinion
French opiniâtre, obstiné
  • opiniâtreholding very strong opinions
  • obstinéholding very strong opinions
  • opiniâtreobstinately holding to one's opinion
German dogmenbehaftet, eigensinnig
  • dogmenbehaftetholding very strong opinions
  • eigensinnigholding very strong opinions
  • besserwisserischobstinately holding to one's opinion
  • rechthaberischobstinately holding to one's opinion
Hebrew דַּעְתָּן
  • דַּעְתָּן (da'tán)obstinately holding to one's opinion
Hungarian dogmatikus, konok
  • dogmatikusholding very strong opinions
  • konokobstinately holding to one's opinion
  • önfejűobstinately holding to one's opinion
Irish amhrasach
  • amhrasachholding very strong opinions
Polish dogmatyczny, zawzięty
  • dogmatycznyholding very strong opinions
  • zawziętyobstinately holding to one's opinion
  • upartyobstinately holding to one's opinion
Portuguese opinoso, opiniático
  • opinosoholding very strong opinions
  • opiniáticoholding very strong opinions
  • teimosoobstinately holding to one's opinion
Russian упря́мый, своево́льный
  • упря́мый (uprjámyj)obstinately holding to one's opinion
  • своево́льный (svojevólʹnyj)obstinately holding to one's opinion
Spanish casado con su opinión / dictamen, muy opinador / opinante
  • casado con su opinión / dictamenholding very strong opinions
  • muy opinador / opinanteholding very strong opinions
  • aferrado al juicio propioholding very strong opinions
  • ergotistaobstinately holding to one's opinion
  • respondónobstinately holding to one's opinion
  • sabiondoobstinately holding to one's opinion
Turkish ön yargılı, sabit fikirli
  • ön yargılıholding very strong opinions
  • sabit fikirliobstinately holding to one's opinion
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