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1. A person who favours a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
   - liberalist, progressive
    
2. A person who favours an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

1. Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
   "a liberal newspaper";
   - broad, large-minded, tolerant
    
2. Tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
    
3. Having political or social views favouring reform and progress
    
4. Given or giving freely
   "a liberal backer of the arts";
   - big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, openhanded
    
5. Not literal
   "a liberal translation of the poem";
   - free, loose

1. A supporter of the Liberal party
   - Lib [Austral, informal]
    
2. [UK] Member or supporter of the Liberal Democrats
   - Liberal Democrat [UK], Lib-Dem [UK]

Derived forms: Liberals, liberals

See also: broad-minded, civil-libertarian, generous, ideology, inexact, left, liberalistic, mythos, neoliberal, political orientation, political theory, progressive, reformist, reform-minded, socialised [Brit], socialized, welfare-statist, welfarist

Type of: adult, grownup

Antonym: conservative

Encyclopedia: Liberal, Kansas micropolitan area