nnoun.persona person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil libertiesSynset:liberalist progressive
Antonyms:conservative
Derivationally Related Form:progressive
Hypernyms:adult grownup
Inherited Hypernyms:liberaladultpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:liberaladultpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Whigarmchair liberallatitudinarianneoliberalpluralist
Full Hyponyms:armchair liberallatitudinarianneoliberalpluralistwhig
nnoun.persona person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating marketsHypernyms:adult grownup
Inherited Hypernyms:liberaladultpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:liberaladultpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
adj satadj.allshowing or characterized by broad-mindednessSynset:broad large-minded tolerant
Examples:- a broad political stance
- generous and broad sympathies
- a liberal newspaper
- tolerant of his opponent's opinions
Antonyms:narrow-minded
Derivationally Related Form:tolerateliberalness
Inherited Hypernyms:broad
Similar to:broad-minded
adj satadj.allhaving political or social views favoring reform and progressAntonyms:centerright
Derivationally Related Form:liberalityliberalness
Inherited Hypernyms:liberal
Similar to:left
adjadj.alltolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or traditionAttributes:ideology political orientation political theory
Antonyms:conservative
Derivationally Related Form:liberalness
Inherited Hypernyms:liberal
Similar to:civil-libertarian liberalistic neoliberal progressive reform-minded reformist socialised socialized welfare-statist welfarist
See also:left
adj satadj.allgiven or giving freelySynset:big bighearted bounteous bountiful freehanded giving handsome openhanded
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
Derivationally Related Form:openhandednessliberalitybountifulnessliberalnessbigheartednessbountybounteousness
Inherited Hypernyms:big
Similar to:generous
adj satadj.allnot literalSynset:free loose
Examples:- a loose interpretation of what she had been told
- a free translation of the poem
Antonyms:exact
Derivationally Related Form:looseness
Inherited Hypernyms:free
Similar to:inexact