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Synonyms for Liberal (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties):
liberalist

WordNet sense 2 (of or belonging to the political or intellectual left):
left

WordNet sense 3 (given or giving freely):
big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, giving, handsome, openhanded, freehanded

WordNet sense 4 (willing to give and share unstintingly):
generous

WordNet sense 5 (not literal):
free, loose

WordNet sense 6 (not exact):
inexact

WordNet sense 7 (favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)):
progressive

WordNet sense 8 (having or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individual; favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority):
liberalistic

WordNet sense 9 (showing or characterized by broad-mindedness):
broad, tolerant, large-minded

WordNet sense 10 (inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own):
broad-minded


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