high-minded Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
    idealistic; exalted; noble-minded; elevated; rarefied; rarified; grand; high-flown; sublime; lofty.
    • an exalted ideal
    • argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks
    • a noble and lofty concept
    • a grand purpose

WordNet

High"-mind"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Proud; arrogant. Obs.
    Be not high-minded, but fear. Rom. xi. 20.
  2. Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean.
    High-minded, manly recognition of those truths. A. Norton.

Webster 1913