Another word for liberal
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Adjective
Not narrow or conservative in thought, expression, or conduct
- Inclined to tolerate the beliefs or behavior of others; forbearing:
- Able to withstand or endure an adverse environmental condition:
- Moving forward; advancing.
- Proceeding in steps; continuing steadily by increments:
- Open to or favoring new ideas, policies, or methods:
- Receptive to new and different ideas or the opinions of others:
- Having or characterized by tolerant or liberal views.
- Wide in extent from side to side:
- Large in expanse; spacious:
- Having a certain width from side to side:
Favoring civil liberties and social progress
- Moving forward; advancing.
- Proceeding in steps; continuing steadily by increments:
- Open to or favoring new ideas, policies, or methods:
- Of or pertaining to liberalism
See also:Characterized by bounteous giving
- Bestowing or bestowed liberally:
- Unmerciful; severe:
- Generous or unstinting:
- Done with or having an open hand:
- Giving freely; generous.
- Very liberal in giving; generous:
- Showing great generosity:
- Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion:
- Immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting:
- To give or bestow in abundance; shower:
- Pleasing in form or appearance, especially having strong or distinguished features:
- Having stately or attractive proportions or appearance; impressive:
- Large in amount or measure; generous or considerable:
- Liberal in giving or sharing.
- Showing kindness and magnanimity:
- Marked by abundance; ample:
- Openhanded; generous.
- Not imprisoned or confined:
- Not controlled by obligation or the will of another:
- Not controlled by another country or political power; independent:
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Noun
A person with liberal political opinions
- Moving forward; advancing.
- Proceeding in steps; continuing steadily by increments:
- Open to or favoring new ideas, policies, or methods:
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Another word for liberal
Modifier
Openhanded
- Characterized by or given to doing good:
- Suggestive of doing good; agreeable:
- Relating to a charitable organization that operates without making a profit.
- Marked by or producing abundance:
- Giving generously:
- Generous or altruistic.
Open-minded or progressive
See also:Antonyms:Plentiful
- Marked by or producing abundance:
- Giving generously:
- Plentiful; copious.
- Giving or given freely and abundantly; extravagant:
- Occurring in abundance:
- Having an abundance of something; abounding:
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Noun
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- A person who espouses left-wing political views.
- A person who plays the position of left wing.
- a person whose political position is of the left, esp., a communist or socialist
- liberal or radical
- One who has rejected authority and dogma, especially in religious thinking, in favor of rational inquiry and speculation.
- Departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern.
- Deviating from a circular form or path, as in an elliptical orbit.
- Not having the same center:
- A person who advocates or resorts to measures beyond the norm, especially in politics.
- One that asserts individuality by independence of thought and action.
- An advocate of individualism.
- Not governed by a foreign power; self-governing.
- Free from the influence, guidance, or control of another or others; self-reliant:
- Not determined or influenced by someone or something else; not contingent:
- A believer in the principles of humanism.
- One who is concerned with the interests and welfare of humans.
- A classical scholar.
- A member of a movement or political party that advocates Communism.
- A supporter of such a party or movement.
- A Communard.
- An advocate of socialism.
- A member of a political party or group that advocates socialism.
- Of, promoting, or practicing socialism.
- a person who believes in or advocates anarchism
- a person who promotes anarchy, as by flouting or ignoring rules, duties, or accepted standards of conduct
- Relating to or being a revolution:
- Bringing about or supporting a political or social revolution:
- Marked by or resulting in radical change:
- To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority.
- To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention.
- To feel or express strong unwillingness or repugnance:
- Rising in revolt against a government or other established authority.
- Rebelling against the leadership of a political party.
- One who is insurgent.
- One who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state.
- One who believes in free will.
- Moving forward; advancing.
- Proceeding in steps; continuing steadily by increments:
- Open to or favoring new ideas, policies, or methods:
- a person who seeks to bring about reform, esp. political or social reform
- any of the leaders of the Reformation
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Synonym Study
- Left , originally referring to the position in legislatures of the seats occupied by parties holding such views, implies political liberalism or radicalism
- Radical implies a favoring of fundamental or extreme change, specifically of the social structure
- Advanced specifically implies being ahead of the times, as in science, the arts, or philosophy
- Progressive , a relative term opposed to reactionary or conservative, is applied to persons favoring progress and reform in politics, education, etc. and connotes an inclination to more direct action than liberal
- Liberal implies tolerance of others' views as well as open-mindedness to ideas that challenge tradition, established institutions, etc.
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