3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: high-minded adj : 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" [syn: {exalted}, {high-flown}, {lofty}, {rarefied}, {rarified}, {idealistic}, {noble-minded}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 84 Moby Thesaurus words for "high-minded": Christian, big, bighearted, blameless, chivalrous, 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
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