: a narrow-minded person who obstinately adheres to their own opinions and prejudices
especially
: one who strongly and unfairly dislikes or feels hatred toward others based on their group membership
an anti-Catholic bigot
homophobic bigots
He [journalist Bob Navarro] once told me, "I … do my job and ignore the racial taunts and idiocies of some of the people around me. … I'm not going to let those bigots get me down." —
Joe Saltzman, quoted in City News Service (Los Angeles, CA)
Joe Saltzman, quoted in City News Service (Los Angeles, CA) Synonyms of bigot
Examples of bigot in a Sentence
A bigot is a hater, she said. A bigot hates Catholics. A bigot hates Jews. … It's no sin to be poor, she said. It is a sin to be a bigot. Don't ever be one of them.
—Pete Hamill, A Drinking Life, 1994
One had always to be mindful, moreover, that being a black scholar did not exempt one from the humiliations and indignities that a society with more than its share of bigots can heap upon a black person, regardless of education …
—John Hope Franklin, "John Hope Franklin: A Life of Learning," 1988,
in Race and History, 1989
Pete Hamill, A Drinking Life, 1994
One had always to be mindful, moreover, that being a black scholar did not exempt one from the humiliations and indignities that a society with more than its share of bigots can heap upon a black person, regardless of education …
—John Hope Franklin, "John Hope Franklin: A Life of Learning," 1988,
in Race and History, 1989
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The interview takes an unexpected turn, however, as the woman turns out to be a bigot.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
But the stunt goes south as Wooley turns out to be an unabashed bigot who embarrasses the show and gets scolded by the host.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
Rabbi Eliyahu Teitz told The News Sohail didn’t strike him as a bigot.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2026
Director and screenwriter Frank Perluso has signed on, along with Rourke, according to Hines, to make a film in which Rourke plays an aging bigot who reveals the unexpected vulnerability beneath his rough exterior, à la Gran Torino.
—Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
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Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
But the stunt goes south as Wooley turns out to be an unabashed bigot who embarrasses the show and gets scolded by the host.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
Rabbi Eliyahu Teitz told The News Sohail didn’t strike him as a bigot.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2026
Director and screenwriter Frank Perluso has signed on, along with Rourke, according to Hines, to make a film in which Rourke plays an aging bigot who reveals the unexpected vulnerability beneath his rough exterior, à la Gran Torino.
—Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Bigot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigot. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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