like-minded
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- like-mindedly adverb
- like-mindedness noun
Etymology
Origin of like-minded
1520–30; like 1 + minded ( def. 1 )
Explanation
When people are like-minded, they share similar opinions or preferences. If you’re really into kittens but all your friends like dogs, go to the cat show to meet like-minded people. Then you can chat about kittens all day long. Like-minded people stick together. If you love jousting, you might go to a Renaissance Faire to meet like-minded people. If you love Henry VIII, you might find like-minded friends to eat giant turkey legs with. If most of the citizens of your city agree about politics, it won't be surprising that your like-minded mayor is easily re-elected. Like-minded people get along.
Example Sentences
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Though their national organization doesn’t publish its membership list, media and other tracking show there are at minimum dozens of these like-minded lawmen across the country, likely closely watching Riverside County.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
In mostly online communities, like-minded individuals discuss the latest research papers, weigh the pros and cons of therapies, and share their findings from the interventions they choose.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
He came to see innovation arising not from like-minded or similarly trained people conversing with each other, but from a friction of ideas and approaches.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
As for those less inclined to submit to some digital catalog call, there are and have always been chatrooms, forums, and online gaming communities enabling like-minded people to gather without meeting in the flesh.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
The six young men, four of whom were budding lawyers, saw themselves as merely a circle of like-minded friends.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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