Definition of liberal

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  • liberal is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • liberal is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • liberal is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of liberal

  • given or giving freely (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a liberal backer of the arts

    Synonyms

    1. big
    2. bighearted
    3. bounteous
    4. bountiful
    5. freehanded
    6. giving
    7. handsome
    8. openhanded
  • a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. liberalist
    2. progressive
  • showing or characterized by broad-mindedness (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a liberal newspaper

    Synonyms

    1. broad
    2. large-minded
    3. tolerant
  • not literal (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. free
    2. loose
  • a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets (noun)
  • having political or social views favoring reform and progress (adjective)
  • tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition (adjective)

See definition of liberal in Merriam Webster