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Liberal

Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or studies.

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Generous 84% connected

Of honorable birth or origin; highborn.

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Generous 84% connected

Of honorable birth or origin; highborn.

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Inexact 84% connected

Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.

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Inexact 84% connected

Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.

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Left 84% connected

of Leave

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Left 84% connected

of Leave

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Liberalistic 84% connected

Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; as, liberalistic opinions.

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Liberalistic 84% connected

Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; as, liberalistic opinions.

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Progressive 84% connected

Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.

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Progressive 84% connected

Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.

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Reformist 84% connected

A reformer.

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Reformist 84% connected

A reformer.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Latitudinarian 76% connected

Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.

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Pluralist 76% connected

A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.

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Whig 76% connected

Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.

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Liberality 74% connected

The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice; generosity; candor; charity.

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Liberality 74% connected

The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice; generosity; candor; charity.

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Looseness 74% connected

The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.

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Looseness 74% connected

The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.

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Ideology 66% connected

The science of ideas.

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Ideology 66% connected

The science of ideas.

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Synonym 11

Big 92% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Bounteous 92% connected

Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as, bounteous production.

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Bountiful 92% connected

Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors.

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Broad 92% connected

Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

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Free 92% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

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Giving 92% connected

of Give

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Handsome 92% connected

Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.

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Liberalist 92% connected

A liberal.

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Loose 92% connected

Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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Progressive 92% connected

Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.

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Tolerant 92% connected

Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.

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Antonym 2

Conservative 94% connected

Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

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Conservative 94% connected

Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

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