DICTOMETER

LIBERAL

(liberal)

1. Synonyms:
   • Liberal
   • Liberalist
   • Progressive
   Definitions:
   • a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
   Antonyms:
   conservative, conservativist
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Liberal
   Definitions:
   • a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Broad
   • Large-minded
   • Liberal
   • Tolerant
   Definitions:
   • showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
   Examples:
   • A broad political stance
   • Generous and broad sympathies
   • A liberal newspaper
   • Tolerant of his opponent's opinions
   Antonyms:
   • Narrow-minded
   • Narrow
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Liberal
   Definitions:
   • having political or social views favoring reform and progress
   Antonyms:
   • Center
   • Right
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Liberal
   Definitions:
   • tolerant of change
   • not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
   Antonyms:
   • CONSERVATIVE
   • blimpish
   • buttoned-up
   • fusty, standpat(prenominal), unprogressive, nonprogressive
   • hidebound, traditionalist
   • ultraconservative
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Big
   • Bighearted
   • Bounteous
   • Bountiful
   • Freehanded
   • Handsome
   • Giving
   • Liberal
   • Openhanded
   Definitions:
   • given or giving freely
   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
   • Her fond and openhanded grandfather
   Antonyms:
   • Stingy
   • Ungenerous
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Free
   • Loose
   • Liberal
   Definitions:
   • not literal
   Examples:
   • A loose interpretation of what she had been told
   • A free translation of the poem
   Antonyms:
   • Exact