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

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

By Paul Berman Read On The Theater Sisters in Arms A new play about the early days of women’s lib asks: Where does the movement go from here? —airmail.news, 22 Feb. 2025

Now there's a lib zone, there's a red zone, there's a libertarian zone. —Lauren Goode, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2025

The implant was installed in /data/lib/libips.bak path. —Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2023

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