| 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 | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | liberal, broad, large-minded, tolerant | showing or characterized by broad-mindedness |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Spanish | liberal, tolerante | |
| Catalan | liberal, tolerant | |
| Nouns | liberalness | an inclination to favor / favor progress and individual freedom |
| Meaning | Having political or social views favoring / favoring reform and progress. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 |
| Spanish | dadivoso, desprendido, espléndido, garboso, generoso, magnánime, magnífico, pródigo, rumboso | |
| Catalan | desprès, esplèndid, generós, magnànim, magnífic, pròdig, rumbós | |
| 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 |
| Spanish | desatado, libre | |
| Catalan | deslligat, lliure, solt | |
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Spanish | liberal, progresista | |
| Catalan | liberal, progressista | |
| 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 |
| Spanish | liberal | |
| Catalan | liberal | |
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