Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun doctrinaire

1 sense of doctrinaire

Sense 1
dogmatist, doctrinaire -- (a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions)
       => partisan, zealot, drumbeater -- (a fervent and even militant proponent of something)

Antonyms of adj doctrinaire

1 sense of doctrinaire

Sense 1
doctrinaire -- (stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability)

INDIRECT (VIA instructive) -> uninstructive -- (failing to instruct)

Similarity of adj doctrinaire

1 sense of doctrinaire

Sense 1
doctrinaire -- (stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability)
       => instructive (vs. uninstructive), informative -- (serving to instruct or enlighten or inform)