| ADJECTIVE | all | liberal, broad, large-minded, tolerant | showing or characterized by broad-mindedness |
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| all | liberal | having political or social views favoring / favoring reform and progress | |
| all | liberal | tolerant of change | |
| all | liberal, big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, openhanded | given or giving freely | |
| all | liberal, free, loose | not literal | |
| NOUN | person | liberal, liberalist, progressive | a person who favors / favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties |
| person | liberal | a person who favors / favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets |
| Sounds | lih'berahl; lih'brahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | showing or characterized by broad-mindedness. | |
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| Example | "a liberal newspaper" | |
| Synonyms | broad, large-minded, tolerant | |
| Broader | broad-minded | Inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own |
| Catalan | liberal | |
| Spanish | liberal | |
| Nouns | liberalness | an inclination to favor / favor progress and individual freedom |
| Meaning | Having political or social views favoring / favoring reform and progress. | |
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| Broader | left | Of or belonging to the political or intellectual left |
| Spanish | liberal | |
| Nouns | liberality, liberalness | an inclination to favor / favor progress and individual freedom |
| Meaning | Tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition. | |
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| Attribute of | political orientation, ideology, political theory | An orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation |
| Narrower | civil-libertarian | Having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law |
| liberalistic | Having or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individual | |
| neoliberal | Having or showing belief in the need for economic growth in addition to traditional liberalistic values | |
| progressive, reformist, reform-minded | favoring / favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) | |
| socialized, socialised | Under group or government control | |
| welfarist, welfare-statist | Of or relating to a welfare state | |
| See also | left | Of or belonging to the political or intellectual left |
| Opposite | conservative | resistant to change |
| Spanish | liberal | |
| Nouns | liberalness | an inclination to favor / favor progress and individual freedom |
| Meaning | Given or giving freely. | |
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| Example | "a liberal backer of the arts" | |
| Synonyms | big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, openhanded | |
| Broader | generous | willing to give and share unstintingly |
| Catalan | esplèndid, generós, magnífic | |
| Spanish | espléndido, generoso, magnífico | |
| Nouns | liberality, liberalness | the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament |
| Adverbs | liberally | in a generous manner |
| Meaning | not literal. | |
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| Synonyms | free, loose | |
| Broader | inexact | not exact |
| Catalan | lliure, solt | |
| Spanish | libre | |
| Adverbs | liberally | freely in a nonliteral manner |
| Meaning | A person who favors / favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties. | |
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| Synonyms | liberalist, progressive | |
| Narrower | Whig | A member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England |
| armchair liberal | A person of liberal ideals who takes no action to realize them | |
| latitudinarian | A person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct) | |
| neoliberal | A liberal who subscribes to neoliberalism | |
| pluralist | someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society | |
| Broader | adult, grownup | A fully developed person from maturity onward |
| Opposite | conservative, conservativist | A person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas |
| Meaning | A person who favors / favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets. | |
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| Broader | adult, grownup | A fully developed person from maturity onward |