liberal

Adjective

• not literal
  • a loose interpretation of what she had been told
    
  • a free translation of the poem
    

• 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
    

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

• having political or social views favoring reform and progress

• showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
  • a broad political stance
    
  • generous and broad sympathies
    
  • a liberal newspaper
    
  • tolerant of his opponent's opinions
    

Noun

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

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  free , loose , big , bighearted , bounteous , bountiful , freehanded , handsome , giving , openhanded , broad , large-minded , tolerant , liberalist , progressive
• Antonyms: 
  conservative , conservativist