lib

1 of 2

noun

ˈlib 

plural libs

1

: liberation sense 2

2

informal

a

: a politically liberal person : liberal entry 2 sense a

The reason Obama keeps tilting left is that so many independents have dumped him and he has almost no chance of getting them back. So energizing libs for a massive turnout is his next-best hope.

—Michael Goodwin

b

Lib plural Libs : a member or supporter of a Liberal political party : liberal entry 2 sense b

Like their Labor counterparts, many young Libs found willing political patronage and slipped seamlessly onto the payrolls of MPs and some eventually entered Parliament themselves, to play politics on a bigger field.

—George Morgan

lib

2 of 2

abbreviation

1

liberal

2

librarian, library

Examples of lib in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The only thing that is missing is evidence of seething libs. —Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025

This time, Cartman’s identity crisis is brought on by a classmate, Clyde, starting a Ben Shapiro–like podcast to owns the libs. —Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025

Her impracticality and ingratitude, it’s implied, are classic lib behavior. —Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025

Swit moved to Los Angeles in 1970 and landed TV gigs on such series as Mission: Impossible, Mannix, Gunsmoke and Hawaii Five-O and in the women’s lib film Stand Up and Be Counted (1972). —Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1970, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing lib

• ad lib

Rhymes for lib

• bib
• bibb
• crib
• gib
• glib
• jib
• mib
• nib
• rib
• sib
• squib
• imatinib

Kids Definition

lib

noun

ˈlib

: liberation sense 2