1. (noun)
liberal, liberalist, progressive
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
2. (noun)
liberal
a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
3. (adj)
broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
"a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
4. (adj)
liberal
having political or social views favoring reform and progress
5. (adj)
liberal
tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
6. (adj)
big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded
given or giving freely
"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"
7. (adj)
free, loose, liberal
not literal
"a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
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Definition of 'liberal'
