liberal in WordNet English dictionary

1. given or giving freely
   "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
   big  bighearted  bounteous  bountiful  freehanded  handsome  giving  liberal  openhanded 
   
2. showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
   "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
   broad  large-minded  liberal  tolerant 
   
3. not literal
   "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
   free  loose  liberal 
   
4. tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
   liberal 
   
5. having political or social views favoring reform and progress
   liberal 
   

1. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
   liberal  liberalist  progressive 
   
2. a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
   liberal