liberal
Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.
Example
“He was liberal with his compliments.”
Other meanings
Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.
“Add a liberal sprinkling of salt.”
Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
“Her parents had liberal ideas about child-rearing.”
Related words
- Liberal Zionism
- Liberal
- liberal arts
- Liberal Democrat
- Liberal Party
- pseudoliberal
- boba liberal
- classical liberal
- counter-liberal
- latte liberal
- liberal democracy
- liberal education
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "līberālis" (befitting a freeman).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “liberal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.