Synonyms for single-minded


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sing-guhl-mahyn-did
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪŋ gəlˈmaɪn dɪd

Top 10 synonyms for single-minded Other synonyms for the word single-minded

Définition of single-minded

Origin :
  • 1570s, "sincere, honest" (a sense also in single-hearted); meaning "having a single aim or purpose" is from 1860. See single (adj.) + minded. Related: Single-mindedly; single-mindedness.
  • adj resolute
Example sentences :
  • Every man should be true and single-minded, and should not allow himself to be deceived by others.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • That Alexander may have been single-minded in his purpose has never been supposed.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Such men are dangerous in proportion as they are single-minded.
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • He and Algernon Sydney are remembered as single-minded and high-souled men.
  • Extract from : « Holborn and Bloomsbury » by Sir Walter Besant
  • Even the most sincere and single-minded martyr has an eye on that halo.
  • Extract from : « Phyllis of Philistia » by Frank Frankfort Moore
  • Up to this time her love for the stage had been single-minded.
  • Extract from : « The Light of the Star » by Hamlin Garland
  • Not that the single-minded young man reasoned about it this way.
  • Extract from : « That Fortune » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • He is, for evil or for good, the most single-minded man alive.
  • Extract from : « American Sketches » by Charles Whibley
  • And when I say single-minded, I mean just that, and no more.
  • Extract from : « Hilda Wade » by Grant Allen
  • "Yes, your son is a sincere, single-minded man," agreed Arkady.
  • Extract from : « Fathers and Sons » by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

Antonyms for single-minded

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