🪢hidebound

adjective
/ˈhaɪd.baʊnd/

Meaning

unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention

Example Sentences

He is too hidebound to accept new ideas.

Synonyms

rigid, conservative, narrow-minded, traditional, inflexible

Antonyms

open-minded, flexible, progressive

Collocations

hidebound attitude, hidebound tradition, hidebound society

Related Vocabularies

caring only about oneself rather than others
having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge
sullen, gloomy, or ill-tempered
No longer married because the marriage has been legally dissolved.
relating to space or the position, area, and size of things
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