Text: 1 not bound by traditional ways or beliefs<parents who take a very liberal attitude toward letting their children stay out late>Synonymsbroad-minded, nonconventional, nonorthodox, nontraditional, open-minded, progressive, radical, unconventional, unorthodoxRelated Wordsadvanced, contemporary, modern; forbearing, indulgent, lenient, permissive, tolerant; extreme; impartial, objective, unbiasedNear Antonymshard, rigid, strict; doctrinal, dogmatic; bigoted, intolerant, narrow-minded; reactionaryAntonymsconservative, conventional, nonprogressive, old-fashioned, orthodox, traditional 2 being more than enough without being excessive<he always puts liberal amounts of grated cheese on his pizza>— see plentiful 3 giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation<the woman who lives next door is known to be a liberal dispenser of Halloween candy>— see generous 1

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