liberal

Noun
  1. A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties (synset 110276453)
    is a type of: adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward
    subtypes:
    • armchair liberal - a person of liberal ideals who takes no action to realize them
    • latitudinarian - a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct)
    • neoliberal - a liberal who subscribes to neoliberalism
    • pluralist - someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society
    • whig - a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories
    same as: liberalist, progressive
  2. A person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets (synset 110276781)
    is a type of: adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward
Adjective
  1. Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness (synset 300287703)
    "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
    similar to: broad-minded - inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own
    same as: broad, large-minded, tolerant
  2. Having political or social views favoring reform and progress (synset 302038880)
    similar to: left - of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
  3. Tolerant of change;
    Not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition (synset 300577581)
    also: left - of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
    tells us about: ideology, political orientation, political theory - an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
    similar to:
    • civil-libertarian - having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law
    • liberalistic - having or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individual; favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority
    • neoliberal - having or showing belief in the need for economic growth in addition to traditional liberalistic values
    • progressive, reform-minded, reformist - favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
    • socialised, socialized - under group or government control
    • welfare-statist, welfarist - of or relating to a welfare state
  4. Given or giving freely (synset 301115129)
    "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"
    similar to: generous - willing to give and share unstintingly
    same as: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, openhanded
  5. Not literal (synset 300919313)
    "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
    similar to: inexact - not exact
    same as: free, loose

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