liberal
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
Types & categories
- adult hypernym
- armchair liberal hyponym
- latitudinarian hyponym
- neoliberal hyponym
- pluralist hyponym
- Whig hyponym
Related & opposite
- conservative antonym
- reformist derivation
- progressive derivation
Sense 2 adjective
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
a broad political stance
Related & opposite
- liberality derivation
- tolerate derivation
- broad-minded similar to
Sense 3 noun
a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
Types & categories
- adult hypernym
Sense 4 adjective
having political or social views favoring reform and progress
Related & opposite
- liberality derivation
- left similar to
Sense 5 adjective
tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
Related & opposite
- left also see
- conservative antonym
- ideology attribute
- liberality derivation
- civil-libertarian similar to
- liberalistic similar to
- neoliberal similar to
- reformist similar to
- socialized similar to
- welfarist similar to
Sense 6 adjective
given or giving freely
was a big tipper
Related & opposite
- bounteousness derivation
- bigheartedness derivation
- liberality derivation
- munificence derivation
- bountifulness derivation
- generous similar to
Sense 7 adjective
not literal
a loose interpretation of what she had been told
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | conservative |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reformist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | progressive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | adult |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | armchair liberal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | latitudinarian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neoliberal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pluralist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Whig |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tolerate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | broad-minded |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | adult |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberality |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | left |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | left |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | conservative |
| 5 | attribute | Related & opposite | ideology |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberality |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | civil-libertarian |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | liberalistic |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | neoliberal |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | reformist |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | socialized |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | welfarist |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | bounteousness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | bigheartedness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberality |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | munificence |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | bountifulness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | generous |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | looseness |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | inexact |