Meaning

5 senses
  1. One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism).

    Liberaler

    либера́лliberál

    лібера́лliberál

  2. (Canadian, Philippine, US)Someone with progressive or left-wing views, especially on social and environmental issues.

  3. A supporter of any of several liberal parties.

    либера́лliberál

  4. (UK)One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets (also called "classical liberal"; compare libertarian).

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

  5. (Australian)A conservative, especially a liberal conservative.

Examples

101 sentences
  1. Tom is a liberal.

    Том — ліберал. — deniko

    ruТом - либерал. — marafon

    deTom ist links. — wolfgangth

  2. He is liberal with his money and buys a lot of presents.

    Він вільнодумний зі своїми грошима і купує багато подарунків. — ChickenKiev

    deEr ist sehr freigiebig mit seinem Geld und kauft viele Geschenke. — Naina

  3. I'm a liberal.

    Я ліберал. — deniko

  4. Tom is a very liberal person.

  5. Tom is quite liberal, isn't he?

Translations

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one with liberal views, supporting individual liberty:
Русский
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one with liberal views, supporting individual liberty:
Deutsch
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one with liberal views, supporting individual liberty:

Origin

The adjective is from Old French liberal, from Latin līberālis (“befitting a freeman”), fr

The adjective is from Old French liberal, from Latin līberālis (“befitting a freeman”), from līber (“free”); it is attested since the 14th century. The noun is first attested in the 1800s.

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Forms

plural: liberals
Singularliberal
Pluralliberals

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties:liberalistprogressive

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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