Community-minded
adj.kind, hopefulwarm
What it means
Motivated by concern for local people and shared wellbeing.
Reach for it when praising choices that give practical weight to a community's needs
The community-minded baker offers unsold bread to the evening shelter.
Choose between these
6- everyday
locally engaged
active participation in nearby issues should be explicit
not when Local engagement can support a narrow faction rather than shared wellbeing.
- warm
helpful conduct among nearby people is the praise
not when Neighborly action can remain one-to-one and need no broader community commitment.
- professional
public institutions, participation, or civic duties are central
not when Civic-minded is wider than local care and can concern voting, law, or government.
- professional
community-oriented
an organization designs work around community priorities
not when Community-oriented can be branding without shared power or sustained action.
- formal
concern for others outweighs personal gain
not when Altruism is broader than community life and may involve distant beneficiaries.
- formal
action serves the common good beyond private interest
not when Public-spirited sounds ceremonial and may conceal the specific community affected.
Said against
3- self-centered
- indifferent
- antisocial
It naturally appears in
3- community-minded business
The community-minded business publishes local hiring and purchasing figures.
- community-minded person
A community-minded person still asks which residents have been left out.
- community-minded approach
Their community-minded approach put the accessible entrance first.
Where this comes from
No standalone Collins headword was located. The cited Collins thesaurus defines public-spirited and lists community-minded as its synonym.
- collins, public-spirited thesaurus sense, community-minded synonym opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.