LIBERAL

Definition of LIBERAL

  1. (noun)a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
  2. (noun)a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
  3. (adj)tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
  4. (adj)showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
  5. (adj)having political or social views favoring reform and progress
  6. (adj)given or giving freely
  7. (adj)not literal