LIBERAL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
   Synonym(s)
   • progressive (what does progressive mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) liberal is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • adult (what does adult mean?)
   • grownup (what does grownup mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • conservative (what does conservative mean?)
   • conservativist (what does conservativist mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • armchair liberal (what does armchair liberal mean?)
   • latitudinarian (what does latitudinarian mean?)
   • neoliberal (what does neoliberal mean?)
   • pluralist (what does pluralist mean?)
   • Whig (what does Whig mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
   Hypernyms(s) liberal is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • adult (what does adult mean?)
   • grownup (what does grownup mean?)

LIBERAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
   Synonym(s)
   • broad (what does broad mean?)
   • large-minded (what does large-minded mean?)
   • tolerant (what does tolerant mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a broad political stance
   • generous and broad sympathies
   • a liberal newspaper
   • tolerant of his opponent’’s opinions
   Similar To
   • broad-minded (what does broad-minded mean?)
2. Meaning
   • tolerant of change
   • not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
   Antonym(s)
   • conservative (what does conservative mean?)
   Similar To
   • civil-libertarian (what does civil-libertarian mean?)
   • liberalistic (what does liberalistic mean?)
   • neoliberal (what does neoliberal mean?)
   • progressive (what does progressive mean?)
   • reformist (what does reformist mean?)
   • reform-minded (what does reform-minded mean?)
   • socialized (what does socialized mean?)
   • socialised (what does socialised mean?)
   • welfarist (what does welfarist mean?)
   • welfare-statist (what does welfare-statist mean?)
   See Also
   • left (what does left mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • political orientation (what does political orientation mean?)
   • ideology (what does ideology mean?)
   • political theory (what does political theory mean?)
3. Meaning
   • not literal
   Synonym(s)
   • free (what does free mean?)
   • loose (what does loose mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a loose interpretation of what she had been told
   • a free translation of the poem
   Similar To
   • inexact (what does inexact mean?)
4. Meaning
   • given or giving freely
   Synonym(s)
   • big (what does big mean?)
   • bighearted (what does bighearted mean?)
   • bounteous (what does bounteous mean?)
   • bountiful (what does bountiful mean?)
   • freehanded (what does freehanded mean?)
   • giving (what does giving mean?)
   • handsome (what does handsome mean?)
   • openhanded (what does openhanded mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Similar To
   • generous (what does generous mean?)
5. Meaning
   • having political or social views favoring reform and progress
   Similar To
   • left (what does left mean?)