n. 25B6; adjective
the values of a liberal society : TOLERANT, unprejudiced, unbigoted, broad-minded, open-minded, enlightened; permissive, free (and easy), easy-going, libertarian, indulgent, lenient.
a liberal social agenda : PROGRESSIVE, advanced, modern, forward-looking, forward-thinking, progressivist, enlightened, reformist, radical; informal go-ahead.
a liberal education : WIDE-RANGING, broad-based, general.
a liberal interpretation of divorce laws : FLEXIBLE, broad, loose, rough, free, general, non-literal, non-specific, imprecise, vague, indefinite.
liberal coatings of paint : ABUNDANT, copious, ample, plentiful, generous, lavish, luxuriant, profuse, considerable, prolific, rich; poetic/literary plenteous.
they were liberal with their cash : GENEROUS, open-handed, unsparing, unstinting, ungrudging, lavish, free, munificent, bountiful, beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted, philanthropic, charitable, altruistic, unselfish; poetic/literary bounteous.
reactionary, strict, miserly.