liberal

liberal is a 7-letter English word with 15 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or studies. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or studies.
2. adjective. Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman; generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver.
3. adjective. Bestowed in a large way; hence, more than sufficient; abundant; bountiful; ample; profuse; as, a liberal gift; a liberal discharge of matter or of water.
4. adjective. Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language.
5. adjective. Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic.
6. adjective. Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious.
7. adjective. Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the constitution or administration of government; having tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party.
8. noun. One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called. Cf. Whig.
9. noun. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

   Synonyms: liberalist, progressive

10. noun. a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
11. adjective. showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

    "a broad political stance"

    "generous and broad sympathies"

    Synonyms: broad, tolerant

12. adjective. tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
13. adjective. not literal

    "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"

    "a free translation of the poem"

    Synonyms: free, loose

14. adjective. given or giving freely

    "was a big tipper"

    "the bounteous goodness of God"

    Synonyms: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, openhanded

15. adjective. having political or social views favoring reform and progress

Synonyms

liberalist, progressive, broad, tolerant, free, loose, big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, openhanded

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in liberal:

braille

Common word forms

liberals, liberally, liberalise, liberality, liberalize, liberalness

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