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How to pronounce liberal in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, openhanded
Derivation liberalness, liberality


a liberal backer of the arts.
Type Words
Synonyms liberalist, progressive
Type of adult, grownup
Has types neoliberal, armchair liberal, latitudinarian, pluralist, whig
Type Words
Synonyms broad, large-minded, tolerant
Derivation liberalness


a liberal newspaper.
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Synonyms free, loose
Type Words
Type of adult, grownup
Type Words
Derivation liberalness, liberality
Type Words
Derivation liberalness

Examples of liberal

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There are jobs being added, but this liberal rag of a paper doesn't report them.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The Socialists, liberal college kids, unions, black power groups, and Democrats.
From the washingtontimes.com
As military dictators go, Musharraf is exactly the type for these liberal times.
From the time.com
Liberal ratings have helped banks justify liberal treatment of dodgy bank loans.
From the businessweek.com
Sawiris has helped bankroll Al-Mousry Al-Youm, a liberal pro-business newspaper.
From the businessweek.com
Feingold, a liberal with a maverick streak, relishes his role as an independent.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Mitch Daniels is not a communist, a socialist, or even a garden-variety liberal.
From the newsweek.com
All of this shows that liberal access to pot doesn't necessarily mean more DUIs.
From the sacbee.com
Bachelet, a liberal, endorsed Pinera's opponent in a runoff election in January.
From the edition.cnn.com
More examples
  • A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
  • Broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
  • A person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
  • Having political or social views favoring reform and progress
  • Tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
  • Big: given or giving freely; "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"
  • The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the mid 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party (the SDP) to form a new party which ...
  • The Liberal magazine is a quarterly literary and political publication "devoted to promoting liberalism around the world". ...
  • (Liberalism (book)) Liberalism (original German title: Liberalismus) is an influential book by Austrian School economist and libertarian thinker Ludwig von Mises, containing economic analysis and indicting critique of socialism. ...