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Detailed Synonyms for liberal in English

liberal:

liberal adj

  1. liberal
  2. liberal
  3. liberal
  4. liberal
  5. liberal
    – showing or characterized by broad-mindedness 1
    broad; liberal; tolerant; large-minded
    – showing or characterized by broad-mindedness 1
    • broad adj
      • a broad political stance1
      • generous and broad sympathies1
    • liberal adj
      • a liberal newspaper1
    • tolerant adj
      • tolerant of his opponent's opinions1
  6. liberal
    – tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition 1
    liberal
    – tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition 1
  7. liberal
    – not literal 1
    loose; free; liberal
    – not literal 1
    • loose adj
      • a loose interpretation of what she had been told1
    • free adj
      • a free translation of the poem1
    • liberal adj
  8. liberal
    – given or giving freely 1
    handsome; big; liberal; bounteous; giving; bountiful; bighearted; openhanded; freehanded
    – given or giving freely 1
  9. liberal
    – having political or social views favoring reform and progress 1
    liberal
    – having political or social views favoring reform and progress 1

liberal [the ~] noun

  1. the liberal
    – a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties 1
    the progressive; the liberal; the liberalist
    – a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties 1
  2. the liberal
    – a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets 1
    the liberal
    – a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets 1

Related Words for "liberal":

  • liberalness, liberals, liberally

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Related Definitions for "liberal":

  1. showing or characterized by broad-mindedness1
    • a liberal newspaper1
  2. tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition1
  3. not literal1
  4. given or giving freely1
    • a liberal backer of the arts1
  5. having political or social views favoring reform and progress1
  6. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties1
  7. a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets1

Related Synonyms for liberal