liberal

/lˈɪbˌɝəl/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
   “a broad political stance”
2. having political or social views favoring reform and progress
3. tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
4. given or giving freely
   “was a big tipper”
5. not literal
   “a loose interpretation of what she had been told”

noun

1. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
2. a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

Synonyms for liberal

• broad
• large-minded
• tolerant
• broad-minded
• left
• civil-libertarian
• liberalistic
• neoliberal
• progressive
• socialized
• welfarist
• big
• bighearted
• bounteous
• bountiful
• freehanded
• handsome
• giving
• openhanded
• generous
• free
• loose
• inexact
• liberalist

Antonyms of liberal

• conservative

Words that rhyme with liberal

• referral
• deferral
• epidural
• postdoctoral
• squirrel
• femoral
• serle
• sterle