English dictionary

liberal

/'l/I/b/@/r/@/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

adj.all

Antonyms conservative

Source: WordNet 3.0
Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or studies.

adjective

Source: webster1913

a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

noun.person

Synonyms liberalist progressive

Antonyms conservative conservativist

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a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

noun.person

Source: WordNet 3.0
One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called. Cf. Whig.

noun

Source: webster1913

showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

adj.all

Examples
A liberal newspaper.

Synonyms broad large-minded tolerant

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having political or social views favoring reform and progress

adj.all

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given or giving freely

adj.all

Examples
A liberal backer of the arts.

Synonyms big bighearted bounteous bountiful freehanded giving handsome openhanded

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not literal

adj.all

Synonyms free loose

Source: WordNet 3.0