liberal

Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.

• He was liberal with his compliments.

Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.

• Add a liberal sprinkling of salt.

Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.

• Her parents had liberal ideas about child-rearing.

Unrestrained, licentious.obsolete

• Myself, my brother, and this grieved count, Did see her, hear her, at that hour last night, Talk with a ruffian at her chamber-window; Who hath indeed, most like a liberal villain, Confess'd the vile encounters they have had A thousand time

Pertaining to a type of education the purpose of which is personal development rather than functional learning.; Pertaining to a type of education the purpose of which is to cultivate and develop wise, capable and well-rounded people who are thus free of mental constraint and hindrance.

• Americans remain enamored with Europe's ability to produce the consequential thought for America. It was the same in nearly every liberal field. Education sought its roots in such Europeans as Froebel, Frobenius, and Rousseau. Political sci

Pertaining to a type of education the purpose of which is personal development rather than functional learning.; Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training; usually found in the phrase "liberal arts".

• He had a full education studying the liberal arts.

Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical liberalism or "modern liberalism"/progressivism.

• Endorsing the liberal anti-interventionist credo that the marketplace should act as the "site of verification," the advocates of white lead opposed government intervention for the sake of open economic competition, which they claimed reveal

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

Someone with progressive or left-wing views, especially on social and environmental issues.CanadianPhilippineUS

• And I love Puerto Ricans and Negros As long as they don't move next door. So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal.

A supporter of any of several liberal parties.

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

A conservative, especially a liberal conservative.Australian