English to English

liberal

('l/I/b/@/r/@/l )

tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition(adj.all)

Antonym:
conservative

source: wordnet30
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)

Synonym:
liberalist, progressive
Antonym:
conservative, conservativist

source: wordnet30
a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets(noun.person)

source: wordnet30
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)

Example:
A liberal newspaper.

Synonym:
broad, large-minded, tolerant

source: wordnet30
having political or social views favoring reform and progress(adj.all)

source: wordnet30
given or giving freely(adj.all)

Example:
A liberal backer of the arts.

Synonym:
big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, openhanded

source: wordnet30
not literal(adj.all)

Synonym:
free, loose

source: wordnet30

Bookmark This Site