What are some opposite words for liberal?
Antonyms for liberal
ˈlɪb ər əl, ˈlɪb rəllib·er·al
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term liberal.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
liberal
Generous (Latin genus, a race) primarily signifies having the qualities worthy of noble or honorable birth; hence, free and abundant in giving, giving freely, heartily, and self-sacrificingly. As regards giving, generous refers rather to the self-sacrificing heartiness of the giver, liberal to the amount of the gift; a child may show himself generous in the gift of an apple, a millionaire makes a liberal donation; a generous gift, however, is commonly thought of as both ample and hearty. A munificent gift is vast in amount, whatever the motive of its bestowal. One may be free with another's money; he can be generous only with his own. Disinterested suggests rather the thought of one's own self-denial; generous, of one's hearty interest in another's welfare or happiness. One is magnanimous by a greatness of soul (Latin magnus, great, and animus, soul) that rises above all that is poor, mean, or weak, especially above every petty or ignoble motive or feeling pertaining to one's self, and thus above resentment of injury or insult; one is generous by a kindness of heart that would rejoice in the welfare rather than in the punishment of the offender.
Antonyms:
avaricious, close, covetous, greedy, ignoble, illiberal, mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, petty, rapacious, stingySynonyms:
bountiful, chivalrous, disinterested, free, free-handed, free-hearted, generous, magnanimous, munificent, noble, open-handed, open-hearted
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
liberal
Antonyms:
churlish, low, mean, boorish, ungenerous, illiberal, grasping, niggardly, avaricious, greedy, gainful, narrow-minded, bigoted, prejudiced, contracted, scanty, inadequateSynonyms:
free, gentle, refined, polished, generous, bountiful, catholic, enlarged, copious, ample, profuse, large, handsome, munificent, abundant, noble-minded, bounteous, tolerant, plentiful
Princeton's WordNet
liberal, liberalist, progressivenoun
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
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conservativist, conservative, narrow, exact, hidebound, buttoned-up, ungenerous, standpat(a), fusty, traditionalist, blimpish, stingy, right, nonprogressive, narrow-minded, ultraconservative, unprogressive, centerSynonyms:
progressive, imperfect, liberalist, imperfect tense, progressive tense, continuous tenseliberaladjective
a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
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conservative, conservativist, exact, ungenerous, narrow, center, stingy, right, hidebound, buttoned-up, blimpish, traditionalist, nonprogressive, narrow-minded, standpat(a), fusty, ultraconservative, unprogressiveSynonyms:
progressive, liberalistbroad, large-minded, liberal, tolerantadjective
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
"a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
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conservative, conservativist, fusty, ungenerous, ultraconservative, narrow-minded, center, right, standpat(a), unprogressive, narrow, nonprogressive, buttoned-up, blimpish, traditionalist, stingy, exact, hideboundSynonyms:
broad, bounteous, big, freehanded, full(a), panoptic, all-encompassing, extensive, all-inclusive, loose, unspecific, spacious, broad(a), patient of, encompassing, blanket(a), kind, free, all-embracing, across-the-board, tolerant, resistant, giving, bighearted, large-minded, wide, openhanded, handsome, bountiful, unsubtleliberaladjective
having political or social views favoring reform and progress
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conservativist, conservative, ultraconservative, exact, unprogressive, narrow-minded, buttoned-up, nonprogressive, stingy, blimpish, fusty, narrow, hidebound, right, center, standpat(a), ungenerous, traditionalistSynonyms:
handsome, large-minded, giving, bighearted, openhanded, bounteous, broad, bountiful, free, loose, tolerant, freehanded, bigliberaladjective
tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
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conservative, conservativist, right, ungenerous, narrow-minded, center, traditionalist, exact, blimpish, buttoned-up, narrow, standpat(a), unprogressive, hidebound, nonprogressive, fusty, ultraconservative, stingySynonyms:
handsome, large-minded, giving, bighearted, openhanded, bounteous, broad, bountiful, free, loose, tolerant, freehanded, bigbig, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhandedadjective
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"
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conservativist, conservative, ungenerous, unprogressive, standpat(a), hidebound, ultraconservative, narrow-minded, nonprogressive, buttoned-up, fusty, narrow, exact, traditionalist, center, stingy, blimpish, rightSynonyms:
plentiful, magnanimous, bountiful, prominent, big, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, free, braggy, good-looking, with child(p), fine-looking, giving, large-minded, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, well-favoured, bounteous, self-aggrandizing, broad, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), bighearted, expectant, freehand, tolerant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, heavy(p), well-favored, big(a), better-looking, self-aggrandising, boastful, full-grown, openhanded, adult, gravid, big(p), crowing, loosefree, loose, liberaladjective
not literal
"a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
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conservativist, conservative, unprogressive, right, hidebound, fusty, exact, narrow-minded, standpat(a), center, narrow, ultraconservative, traditionalist, nonprogressive, buttoned-up, ungenerous, stingy, blimpishSynonyms:
spare, bountiful, sluttish, wanton, devoid, big, at large(p), idle, costless, large-minded, bounteous, easy, promiscuous, tolerant, detached, informal, complimentary, unaffixed, handsome, open, gratis(p), bighearted, slack, innocent, on the loose(p), destitute, freehanded, gratuitous, barren, broad, free, openhanded, giving, light, escaped, lax, loose
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
liberaladjective
Antonyms:
illiberal, ungenerous, stingy, limited, narrow, bigocedSynonyms:
generous, open-handed, bounteous, munificent, unstinted, princely, profuse, lavish, ample, abundant, catholic, magnanimous, tolerant
Editors Contribution
fascist
liberalism is the belief in human rights and equality. fascism is the belief in authoritarianism and the oppression of human rights. they are polar opposites.
marty is a liberal, because he cares about civil rights and is fighting for racial equality.
How to use liberal in a sentence?
But Ronald Reagan was the exact same thing, he was actually much more liberal than I was. He was fairly liberal as a Democrat, a lot of people don't know that, And he became a fairly conservative person, but he did become a great president.
This is liberal utopia.
(Kaczynski's goal) is not about eradicating democracy, but about significantly changing its character in a non-liberal direction.
I want to emphasize in the great concentration which we now place upon scientists and engineers how much we still need the men and women educated in the liberal tradition, willing to take the long look, undisturbed by prejudices and slogans of the moment, who attempt to make an honest judgment on difficult events.
Now more than ever, we need strong conservative Senators who will not kowtow to the angry liberal mob that is tearing apart the fabric of the America we love. President Trump won't stand for it, and neither will I.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#216 | center | |
#234 | right | |
#402 | low | |
#735 | close | |
#1008 | mean | |
#3402 | exact | |
#3889 | narrow | |
#4110 | liberal | |
#4600 | conservative | |
#10208 | inadequate | |
#12609 | contracted | |
#13331 | petty | |
#18694 | greedy | |
#32165 | grasping | |
#41292 | prejudiced | |
#49769 | stingy | |
#65627 | bigoted | |
#67164 | scanty | |
#67906 | gainful | |
#68402 | traditionalist | |
#85469 | parsimonious | |
#99196 | ignoble | |
#108194 | rapacious | |
#108664 | covetous | |
#113305 | miserly | |
#115125 | illiberal | |
#117069 | boorish | |
#131890 | avaricious | |
#149185 | churlish | |
#190537 | blimpish | |
#226840 | niggardly | |
#227775 | hidebound | |
#239890 | ungenerous | |
#245134 | ultraconservative | |
#307136 | fusty | |
#313943 | penurious |
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