opinioned

1. 1
   adjectivein compounds

   Holding an opinion of a specified kind, with the kind named by the first part of a compound such as strong-opinioned or like-opinioned.

   Readers of the newsletter tend to be like-opinioned, which keeps its comment section unusually calm.

   Few strong-opinioned columnists last long at a paper that prizes balance above all.

   Similarminded

   Note

   An adjective that rarely stands alone. It needs a first element to say what kind of opinion is meant, as in strong-opinioned or like-opinioned, and the two parts are written as a single compound. The pattern matches other -ed adjectives built on nouns, such as like-minded. Here the word describes a person's views and passes no judgment on them.

2. 2
   adjectivedated

   Firmly attached to one's own opinions and disinclined to change them; opinionated.

   Similaropinionated, dogmatic, stubborn, obstinate

   Oppositeopen-minded, flexible

   Note

   Older prose used this word for someone wedded to their own views, where present-day English reaches for opinionated. Because it is dated, it now reads as deliberate period color. In ordinary writing, opinionated is the safer choice. On its own, without the first element that the compound-forming sense needs, opinioned carries the charge of stubbornness rather than simply holding a view.

3. 3
   verbarchaic

   Simple past and past participle of opinion. Archaic.

   Note

   A form of a verb that is now archaic: to opinion something meant to hold it or voice it as one's view. The verb is transitive, so it takes an object, often a that-clause, as when a doctor opinioned that a fever would break. One spelling serves both the simple past and the past participle, and it also doubles as the adjective, so only context tells them apart.

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