liberal
adjective
1. showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
- a liberal newspaper
Similar word(s): broad, tolerant
2. having political or social views favoring reform and progress
Similar word(s): left
3. tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
Similar word(s): liberalistic, neoliberal, progressive, reformist, socialised, socialized, welfarist, left
4. generous.
- a liberal backer of the arts
Similar word(s): generous, big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, openhanded
5. not literal
Similar word(s): inexact, free, loose
Sentences with liberal as an adjective:
- He had a full education studying the liberal arts.
- He was liberal with his compliments.
- Add a liberal sprinkling of salt.
- Her parents had liberal ideas about child-rearing.
- Younger people tend to be more liberal than older people.
noun
1. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
Similar word(s): liberalist, progressive
Definition categories: person, adult, grownup
2. a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets