| Main Entry: | liberal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | progressive |
Synonyms: |
advanced, avant-garde, broad, broad-minded, catholic, enlightened, flexible, free, general, high-minded, humanistic, humanitarian, indulgent, intelligent, interested, latitudinarian, left, lenient, libertarian, loose, magnanimous, permissive, radical, rational, reasonable, receiving, receptive, reformist, tolerant, unbiased, unbigoted, unconventional, understanding, unorthodox, unprejudiced |
Antonyms: |
conservative, narrow, narrow-minded |
| Main Entry: | liberal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | giving, generous |
Synonyms: |
altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, casual, charitable, eleemosynary, exuberant, free, free-and-easy, handsome, kind, lavish, loose, munificent, openhanded, openhearted, philanthropic, princely, prodigal, profuse, soft-touch, unselfish, unsparing, unstinging |
Antonyms: |
economical, greedy, mean, thrifty, ungenerous |
| Main Entry: | liberal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant, profuse |
Synonyms: |
ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, copious, dime a dozen, galore, generous, handsome, lavish, munificent, no end, plentiful, plenty, rich |
Antonyms: |
lacking, poor, wanting |
| Main Entry: | abundant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plentiful, large in number |
Synonyms: |
abounding, ample, bounteous, bountiful, copious, crawling with, cup runs over with, eco-rich, exuberant, filled, full, generous, heavy, lavish, liberal, lousy with, luxuriant, mucho, no end of, overflowing, plate is full of, plenteous, plenty, profuse, rich, rolling in, stinking with, sufficient, teeming |
Antonyms: |
lacking, rare, scarce, sparse |
| Main Entry: | advanced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ahead in position, time, manner |
Synonyms: |
avant-garde, breakthrough, cutting-edge, excellent, exceptional, extreme, first, foremost, forward, higher, late, leading, leading-edge, liberal, precocious, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art*, unconventional |
Antonyms: |
after, behind |
| Main Entry: | ample |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | more than necessary, sufficient |
Synonyms: |
abounding, abundant, big, bounteous, bountiful, broad, capacious, commodious, copious, enough, expansive, extensive, full, galore, generous, great, heavy, large, lavish, liberal, no end, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, profuse, rich, roomy, spacious, spare, substantial, unrestricted, voluminous, wide |
Antonyms: |
insufficient, meager, not enough |
| Main Entry: | avant-garde |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconventional, forward-looking |
Synonyms: |
beat*, experimental, head*, hip*, innovative, lead, leading-edge, liberal, new, new wave, pioneering, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art, vanguard |
Antonyms: |
conservative, conventional |
| Main Entry: | benevolent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charitable, kind |
Synonyms: |
all heart, altruistic, beneficent, benign, big, big-hearted, bounteous, bountiful, caring, chivalrous, compassionate, considerate, generous, helpful, humane, humanitarian, kindhearted, liberal, magnanimous, philanthropic, tenderhearted, warmhearted, well-disposed |
Antonyms: |
greedy, malevolent, mean, selfish, spiteful, unkind |
| Main Entry: | benign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kindly |
Synonyms: |
amiable, beneficent, benevolent, benignant, complaisant, congenial, favorable, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, goodhearted, gracious, kind, liberal, merciful, mild, obliging, sympathetic |
| Notes: | benign refers to a trait or characteristic; benignant to a tendency or disposition |
Antonyms: |
hateful, hostile, hurtful, injurious, malignant, unkind |
| Main Entry: | big |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generous |
Synonyms: |
altruistic, benevolent, bighearted, chivalrous, considerate, free, gracious, greathearted, heroic, liberal, lofty, magnanimous, noble, princely, unselfish |
Antonyms: |
selfish, ungenerous, ungiving |