Liberal — synonyms, liberal antonyms, definition

1. liberal (a)

abundant advanced agreeable altruistic ample beneficent benign big bounteous bountiful broad broad-minded charitable considerable considerate copious cosmopolitan disinterested excessive extravagant • • •

2. liberal (Adjective)

bighearted freehanded giving large-minded loose openhanded conservative

liberal (Adjective) — Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness. ex. "a liberal newspaper"

liberal (Adjective) — Having political or social views favouring reform and progress.

liberal (Adjective) — Tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition.

liberal (Adjective) — Given or giving freely. ex. "a liberal backer of the arts"

liberal (Adjective) — Not literal. ex. "a liberal translation of the poem"

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3. liberal (Noun)

liberalist conservative

liberal (Noun) — A person who favours a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties.

liberal (Noun) — A person who favours an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets.

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