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| 1. | [ noun ] (politics) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties | |
| Synonyms: | progressive | |
| Related terms: | conservative adult Whig pluralist armchair_liberal neoliberal latitudinarian | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] showing or characterized by broad-mindedness | |
| Synonyms: | tolerant broad | |
| Examples: | "a broad political stance" "generous and broad sympathies" "a liberal newspaper" "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" |
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| Related terms: | broad-minded | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] showing or characterized by broad-mindedness | |
| Synonyms: | tolerant large-minded broad | |
| Examples: | "a broad political stance" "generous and broad sympathies" "a liberal newspaper" "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" |
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| Related terms: | broad-minded | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (politics) having political or social views favoring reform and progress | |
| Related terms: | left | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] (politics) tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition | |
| Related terms: | conservative progressive progressive socialised socialized neoliberal liberalistic civil-libertarian welfarist left political_orientation | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] given or giving freely | |
| Synonyms: | handsome bighearted bountiful freehanded bounteous giving openhanded big | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | generous | |
| 7. | [ noun ] a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets | |
| Related terms: | adult | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] not literal | |
| Synonyms: | loose free | |
| Examples: | "a loose interpretation of what she had been told" "a free translation of the poem" |
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| Related terms: | inexact | |
| Similar spelling: |
liberally liberalize liberality liberalism liberalise liverleaf |
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