liberal - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

Synonyms

• liberal
• liberalist
• progressive

More generic

• adult
• grownup

Opposite / Antonyms

• conservative

More specific

• Whig
• armchair liberal
• latitudinarian
• neoliberal
• pluralist

Noun

a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

Synonyms

• liberal

More generic

• adult
• grownup

Adjective

showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

Synonyms

• broad
• large-minded
• liberal
• tolerant

Related

• broad-minded

Adjective

tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

Synonyms

• liberal

Related

• civil-libertarian
• liberalistic
• neoliberal
• progressive
• reform-minded
• reformist
• socialised
• socialized
• welfare-statist
• welfarist

Opposite / Antonyms

• conservative

Also See

• left

Adjective

not literal

Synonyms

• free
• liberal
• loose

Related

• inexact

Adjective

given or giving freely

Synonyms

• big
• bighearted
• bounteous
• bountiful
• freehanded
• giving
• handsome
• liberal
• openhanded

Related

• generous

Adjective

having political or social views favoring reform and progress

Synonyms

• liberal

Related

• left

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