Explanation and meaning of liberal.

liberal

/libeɪ'Rɑl/

adjective
given or giving freely
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"a liberal backer of the arts"

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big bighearted bounteous bountiful freehanded giving handsome openhanded generous
noun
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
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liberalist progressive

Opposite:

conservative

type of:
adult grownup
adjective
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
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"a liberal newspaper"

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broad large-minded tolerant broad-minded
adjective
not literal
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free loose inexact
noun
a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
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type of:
adult grownup
adjective
having political or social views favoring reform and progress
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left
adjective
tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
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welfarist civil-libertarian liberalistic neoliberal progressive reform-minded reformist socialised socialized welfare-statist

Opposite:

conservative

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