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English adjective: liberal | |||
| 1. | liberal showing or characterized by broad-mindedness | ||
| Samples | A broad political stance. Generous and broad sympathies. A liberal newspaper. Tolerant of his opponent's opinions. | ||
| Synonyms | broad, large-minded, tolerant | ||
| Similar | broad-minded | ||
| Antonyms | narrow-minded, narrow | ||
| 2. | liberal having political or social views favoring reform and progress | ||
| Similar | left | ||
| Antonyms | center, right | ||
| 3. | liberal tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition | ||
| Similar | civil-libertarian, liberalistic, neoliberal, progressive, reform-minded, reformist, socialised, socialized, welfare-statist, welfarist | ||
| See also | left | ||
| Attribute | ideology, political orientation, political theory | ||
| Antonyms | conservative | ||
| 4. | liberal given or giving freely | ||
| Samples | Was a big tipper. The bounteous goodness of God. Bountiful compliments. A freehanded host. A handsome allowance. Saturday's child is loving and giving. A liberal backer of the arts. A munificent gift. Her fond and openhanded grandfather. | ||
| Synonyms | big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, openhanded | ||
| Similar | generous | ||
| Antonyms | stingy, ungenerous | ||
| 5. | liberal not literal | ||
| Samples | A loose interpretation of what she had been told. A free translation of the poem. | ||
| Synonyms | free, loose | ||
| Similar | inexact | ||
| Antonyms | exact | ||
English noun: liberal | |||
| 1. | liberal (person) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties | ||
| Synonyms | liberalist, progressive | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult, grownup | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | armchair liberal, latitudinarian, neoliberal, pluralist, Whig | ||
| Antonyms | conservative, conservativist | ||
| 2. | liberal (person) a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult, grownup | ||
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