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Synonyms for liberal
ˈlɪb ər əl, ˈlɪb rəllib·er·al
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
liberal
Generous (Latin genus, a race) primarily signifies having the qualities worthy of noble or honorable birth; hence, free and abundant in giving, giving freely, heartily, and self-sacrificingly. As regards giving, generous refers rather to the self-sacrificing heartiness of the giver, liberal to the amount of the gift; a child may show himself generous in the gift of an apple, a millionaire makes a liberal donation; a generous gift, however, is commonly thought of as both ample and hearty. A munificent gift is vast in amount, whatever the motive of its bestowal. One may be free with another's money; he can be generous only with his own. Disinterested suggests rather the thought of one's own self-denial; generous, of one's hearty interest in another's welfare or happiness. One is magnanimous by a greatness of soul (Latin magnus, great, and animus, soul) that rises above all that is poor, mean, or weak, especially above every petty or ignoble motive or feeling pertaining to one's self, and thus above resentment of injury or insult; one is generous by a kindness of heart that would rejoice in the welfare rather than in the punishment of the offender.
Synonyms:
bountiful, chivalrous, disinterested, free, free-handed, free-hearted, generous, magnanimous, munificent, noble, open-handed, open-heartedAntonyms:
avaricious, close, covetous, greedy, ignoble, illiberal, mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, petty, rapacious, stingy
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
liberal
Synonyms:
free, gentle, refined, polished, generous, bountiful, catholic, enlarged, copious, ample, profuse, large, handsome, munificent, abundant, noble-minded, bounteous, tolerant, plentifulAntonyms:
churlish, low, mean, boorish, ungenerous, illiberal, grasping, niggardly, avaricious, greedy, gainful, narrow-minded, bigoted, prejudiced, contracted, scanty, inadequate
Princeton's WordNet
liberal, liberalist, progressivenoun
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
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progressive, imperfect, liberalist, imperfect tense, progressive tense, continuous tenseAntonyms:
conservativist, conservative, narrow, exact, hidebound, buttoned-up, ungenerous, standpat(a), fusty, traditionalist, blimpish, stingy, right, nonprogressive, narrow-minded, ultraconservative, unprogressive, centerliberaladjective
a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
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progressive, liberalistAntonyms:
conservative, conservativist, exact, ungenerous, narrow, center, stingy, right, hidebound, buttoned-up, blimpish, traditionalist, nonprogressive, narrow-minded, standpat(a), fusty, ultraconservative, unprogressivebroad, large-minded, liberal, tolerantadjective
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
"a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
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broad, bounteous, big, freehanded, full(a), panoptic, all-encompassing, extensive, all-inclusive, loose, unspecific, spacious, broad(a), patient of, encompassing, blanket(a), kind, free, all-embracing, across-the-board, tolerant, resistant, giving, bighearted, large-minded, wide, openhanded, handsome, bountiful, unsubtleAntonyms:
conservative, conservativist, fusty, ungenerous, ultraconservative, narrow-minded, center, right, standpat(a), unprogressive, narrow, nonprogressive, buttoned-up, blimpish, traditionalist, stingy, exact, hideboundliberaladjective
having political or social views favoring reform and progress
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handsome, large-minded, giving, bighearted, openhanded, bounteous, broad, bountiful, free, loose, tolerant, freehanded, bigAntonyms:
conservativist, conservative, ultraconservative, exact, unprogressive, narrow-minded, buttoned-up, nonprogressive, stingy, blimpish, fusty, narrow, hidebound, right, center, standpat(a), ungenerous, traditionalistliberaladjective
tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
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handsome, large-minded, giving, bighearted, openhanded, bounteous, broad, bountiful, free, loose, tolerant, freehanded, bigAntonyms:
conservative, conservativist, right, ungenerous, narrow-minded, center, traditionalist, exact, blimpish, buttoned-up, narrow, standpat(a), unprogressive, hidebound, nonprogressive, fusty, ultraconservative, stingybig, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhandedadjective
given or giving freely
"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"
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plentiful, magnanimous, bountiful, prominent, big, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, free, braggy, good-looking, with child(p), fine-looking, giving, large-minded, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, well-favoured, bounteous, self-aggrandizing, broad, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), bighearted, expectant, freehand, tolerant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, heavy(p), well-favored, big(a), better-looking, self-aggrandising, boastful, full-grown, openhanded, adult, gravid, big(p), crowing, looseAntonyms:
conservativist, conservative, ungenerous, unprogressive, standpat(a), hidebound, ultraconservative, narrow-minded, nonprogressive, buttoned-up, fusty, narrow, exact, traditionalist, center, stingy, blimpish, rightfree, loose, liberaladjective
not literal
"a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
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spare, bountiful, sluttish, wanton, devoid, big, at large(p), idle, costless, large-minded, bounteous, easy, promiscuous, tolerant, detached, informal, complimentary, unaffixed, handsome, open, gratis(p), bighearted, slack, innocent, on the loose(p), destitute, freehanded, gratuitous, barren, broad, free, openhanded, giving, light, escaped, lax, looseAntonyms:
conservativist, conservative, unprogressive, right, hidebound, fusty, exact, narrow-minded, standpat(a), center, narrow, ultraconservative, traditionalist, nonprogressive, buttoned-up, ungenerous, stingy, blimpish
Dictionary of English Synonymes
liberaladjective
Synonyms:
generous, bountiful, free, beneficent, munificent, princely, charitable, open-hearted, free-hearted, unselfish, disinterestedliberaladjective
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enlarged, catholic, tolerant, unbigoted, high-minded, magnanimous, honorable, chivalrousliberaladjective
liberalnoun
Synonyms:
liberalist, advocate of liberal principles
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
liberaladjective
Synonyms:
generous, open-handed, bounteous, munificent, unstinted, princely, profuse, lavish, ample, abundant, catholic, magnanimous, tolerantAntonyms:
illiberal, ungenerous, stingy, limited, narrow, bigoced
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "liberal":
liberals, eldr, liberality, liberalism, free, al-ahrar, liberalist, free-market, lenient, liberal-minded
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How to use liberal in a sentence?
I know that so many of my liberal and progressive friends are with me on this, and they do not want to say it out loud because they are scared to be called ‘anti-vaxx’… or to be smeared as a Trumper, at this point, it’s a pandemic of bureaucracy. It’s not real anymore.
President Biden has been talking about liberal internationalism as something that can return, he talks about democracy versus autocracy, all of this kind of stuff. So within that, I think that he wants to see good examples of the rule of law in US foreign policy. And this is a great example of that. This was an achievement, the Good Friday Agreement is certainly one of those things where you can get real bipartisan buy-in in Washington.
Everybody understands that the values in New York City are socially liberal and pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage, and focus on money and the media.
I think that it is a time for some careful thinking about what wins elections, and not just in deep-blue districts where a Democrat and a liberal Democrat, or so-called progressive Democrat, is going to win, i understand why people want to argue for their priorities. That’s what they believe they were elected to do.
Seventy percent of Democrats thought it was way, way, way higher than it really was, liberal media has to take a little responsibility for that, for scaring the s--- out of people.
Translations for liberal
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- متحررArabic
- γενναιόδωρος, φιλελεύθεροςGreek
- liberuloEsperanto
- libertaria, libertarioSpanish
- avokätinen, antelias, runsas, vasemmistolainen, vapaamielinen, vapaa, estoton, liberaaliFinnish
- libéral, libre, généreuxFrench
- libearalach, pailt-làmhachScottish Gaelic
- उदारHindi
- liberaleItalian
- kaimarireMāori
- vrijzinnig, liberaalDutch
- liberalăRomanian
- либерал, ще́дрый, оби́льный, либера́льныйRussian
- tự doVietnamese
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