liberal

adjective

  1. 1

    showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

    a broad political stance

    generous and broad sympathies

  2. 2

    tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

  3. 3

    not literal

    a loose interpretation of what she had been told

    a free translation of the poem

  4. 4

    given or giving freely

    was a big tipper

    the bounteous goodness of God

  5. 5

    having political or social views favoring reform and progress

noun

  1. 1

    a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

  2. 2

    a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

Synonyms

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