bigots

NOUN

intolerant, prejudiced person

Synonyms

STRONGEST

extremist fanatic maniac racist zealot

STRONG

chauvinist diehard doctrinaire dogmatist enthusiast fiend monomaniac partisan persecutor puritan sectarian segregationist sexist stickler

WEAK

opinionated person superpatriot

Antonyms

STRONGEST

moderate

WEAK

humanitarian liberal tolerator

Example Sentences

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Bigots do not have anything illuminating to add to the "town square" any more than Flat Earthers enhance a discussion of astrophysics.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2022

Bigots pass as nice people all the time.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2018

Reply Report Abuse Posted By: Hyperion76 @ 02/06/2010 1:58:28 PM Bigots Are Dumb asks: "Just out of curiosity, in your ideal map of political geography, what would the shape of present day China be?"

From Newsweek • Feb. 4, 2010

"Bible Bigots," they were called, "The Holy Club," and, for their ordered habits, "Methodists."

From Time Magazine Archive

Bigots are like the peasants who build their cabins in the mighty palaces of the ancient Cæsars.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady