opinionative

adjective

ə-ˈpin-yə-ˌnā-tiv How to pronounce opinionative (audio)
Definition of opinionativenext
as in opinionated
given to or marked by the forceful expression of strongly held opinions one particularly opinionative caller informed the talk show host that he was an idiot

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opinionative
  1. opinionated
  2. stubborn
  3. adamant
  4. dogmatic
  5. pontifical
Adjective
  • Spens goes further by describing this person as an opinionated interpreter between the business and technical ends of the spectrum.
    Rachel Curry, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
  • They’re served up using the newest Ubuntu LTS (Long-Term Support) base, without opinionated patches or changes to default settings.
    Jason Evangelho, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of opinionated
Adjective
  • The Fed’s preferred inflation measure — the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index — is due Friday and could similarly show stubborn price pressures.
    Bryan Mena, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
  • However, Kamil Kovar, senior economist at Moody’s Analytics, argued in a note that stubborn core inflation would continue to spur ECB caution next year.
    Jenni Reid, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of stubborn
Adjective
  • The company has long maintained that privacy is a fundamental human right and has been adamant that the information stored on its devices be accessible only to the people that own them.
    Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Despite the abuse Drea and her kids have experienced, the mother of three is adamant about keeping her ex-husband’s last name.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of adamant
Adjective
  • This violent inconsistency is a problem for Tottenham, attributed to a variety of factors from Ange Postecoglou’s dogmatic style to a simple lack of common sense and basic individual errors from their players.
    Nick Miller, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Scientism, or scientific materialism, is the dogmatic belief that science and its methods for gathering information are the only valid sources for true knowledge.
    Arianna Huffington, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of dogmatic
Adjective
  • The prose is confiding and, in places, pontifical.
    Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2020
  • That revelation, coupled with other recent pontifical critiques, have quickly dissolved the notion that the Dec. 31 death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a symbolic leader of the church’s conservative wing, might lessen the opposition to Francis.
    Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
Definition of pontifical
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“Opinionative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opinionative. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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