Synonym: abundant, ample, broad-minded, extensive, extravagant, freethinking, generous, lavish, plentiful, progressive, tolerant, unselfish. Antonym: compulsory, dogmatic. Similar words: deliberately, fiber, subscriber, overall, mineral, funeral, after all, several. Meaning: ['lɪbərəl] n. 1. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties 2. a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets. adj. 1. showing or characterized by broad-mindedness 2. having political or social views favoring reform and progress 3. tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition 4. given or giving freely 5. not literal.
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91 We recognize that a collection of factors explain the decline of the Liberal party 1906-24.
92 Moreover, a humane, liberal, decent sort of Tory Foreign Secretary.
93 While other ions abound in cytoplasm in their millimoles, liberal estimates of free Ca concentrations run around 0.1 micromolar, maximum.
94 Both are fairly liberal and will leave the political complexion of the Lords roughly the same.
95 In the general elections of 1923 and 1924 he stood unsuccessfully as Liberal candidate for Lincoln.
96 He was very keen on the SDP/Liberal Alliance and wanted to get everything factually correct.
97 It is thought, for example, that a single Colchester constituency would present a better prospect for the Liberal Democrats.
98 The libertarian theory of the media is based on western liberal democracy.
99 He's joined the Liberal Party, and now he's a very important cog in the cabinet.
100 More recently, even liberal commentators have begun drawing comparisons between Clinton and Nixon.
101 By the early 1930s scepticism with liberal democracy was widespread.
102 Yet in a liberal democracy, such a declaration can not easily be made; indeed the opposite must be proclaimed.
103 Following the work of Rawls, however, there has been a profusion of important contributions to liberal political philosophy.
104 It was a mixed night for the Liberal Democrats, who also failed to make a significant breakthrough.
105 Subsequently he was persuaded by liberal bribes to reverse his judgement.
106 Of course, there were important continuities between the liberal constitution and the liberal-democratic constitution.
107 Students at the baccalaureate level also are paying more attention to applied fields of study than to a general liberal arts education.
108 Forbes is a staunch conservative, but the liberal Jerry Brown once proposed a similar plan.
109 Earlier we traced the new emphasis which, by contrast, Liberal Theology laid upon the historical approach to the New Testament.
110 On 5 May six socialists led by Tsereteli formed a coalition with Lvov and his liberal colleagues.
111 There no longer is a clear-cut definition of liberal and conservative.
112 Meanwhile as the campaign begins the liberal democrat candidate is about to spend a lot less time with his family.
113 This category was clearly intended to introduce and promote study opportunities in liberal adult education.
114 If you were liberal,[sentencedict.com] they called you a commie. 4.
115 I was brimming with hopes for obtaining a good liberal arts education, then training in journalism.
116 In certain respects City is very much a traditional liberal arts / professional college.
117 The setting is a Vermont liberal arts college where Sarah Matthews is dean of students.
118 Film was still censored,[sentencedict.com] but by more liberal standards than in 1945.
119 But here, too, recent analysis presents a bleaker picture than that of the traditional liberal view.
120 The Liberal Democrats can take no comfort from the result.
More similar words: deliberately, fiber, subscriber, overall, mineral, funeral, after all, several, federal, literally, in general, the general public, tribe, describe, member, rubber, timber, number, chamber, rally, oral, remember, limber up, rural, a number of, membership, any number of, neutral, enthrall, central.