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Synonyms for liberty
ˈlɪb ər tilib·er·ty

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Wiktionary3.0 / 5 votes

  1. libertynoun

    Synonyms:
    freedom

  2. libertynoun

    The condition of being free from control or restrictions.

    The army is here, your liberty is assured.

    Synonyms:
    freedom

  3. libertynoun

    The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.

    The prisoners gained their liberty from an underground tunnel.

    Synonyms:
    freedom

  4. libertynoun

    The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.

    The prisoners were at liberty to speak freely with their lawyers.

    Synonyms:
    freedom

  5. libertynoun

    Freedom from excess government control.

    Synonyms:
    freedom

  6. libertynoun

    A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.

    We're going on a three-day liberty as soon as we dock.

    Synonyms:
    freedom

  7. libertynoun

    A breach of social convention (often liberties).

    You needn't take such liberties.

    Synonyms:
    freedom

  8. libertynoun

    A local government unit in medieval England – see liberty.

    Synonyms:
    freedom

English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. liberty

    In general terms, it may be said that freedom is absolute, liberty relative; freedom is the absence of restraint, liberty is primarily the removal or avoidance of restraint; in its broadest sense, it is the state of being exempt from the domination of others or from restricting circumstances. Freedom and liberty are constantly interchanged; the slave is set at liberty, or gains his freedom; but freedom is the nobler word. Independence is said of states or nations, freedom and liberty of individuals; the independence of the United States did not secure liberty or freedom to its slaves. Liberty keeps quite strictly to the thought of being clear of restraint or compulsion; freedom takes a wider range, applying to other oppressive influences; thus, we speak of freedom from annoyance or intrusion. License is, in its limited sense, a permission or privilege granted by adequate authority, a bounded liberty; in the wider sense, license is an ignoring and defiance of all that should restrain, and a reckless doing of all that individual caprice or passion may choose to do — a base and dangerous counterfeit of freedom. Compare ALLOW; PERMISSION.

    Synonyms:
    emancipation, freedom, independence, license

    Antonyms:
    captivity, compulsion, constraint, imprisonment, necessity, obligation, oppression, serfdom, servitude, slavery, superstition, thraldom

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 2 votes

  1. autonomy, libertynoun

    immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

    Synonyms:
    indecorum, autonomy, self-direction, familiarity, shore leave, impropriety, self-sufficiency, self-reliance

  2. libertynoun

    freedom of choice

    "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of worship"; "liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases"; "at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes"

    Synonyms:
    impropriety, indecorum, familiarity, autonomy, shore leave

  3. libertynoun

    personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression

    Synonyms:
    impropriety, indecorum, familiarity, autonomy, shore leave

  4. shore leave, libertynoun

    leave granted to a sailor or naval officer

    Synonyms:
    impropriety, indecorum, familiarity, autonomy, shore leave

  5. familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, libertynoun

    an act of undue intimacy

    Synonyms:
    intimacy, indecency, autonomy, casualness, conversancy, closeness, indecorousness, familiarity, indecorum, impropriety, acquaintance, shore leave, conversance, improperness

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. libertynoun

    Synonyms:
    freedom (after previous restraint), liberation from restraint, independence

  2. libertynoun

    Synonyms:
    privilege, immunity, franchise

  3. libertynoun

    Synonyms:
    leave, permission, license

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. libertynoun

    Synonyms:
    freedom, independence, privilege, permission

    Antonyms:
    captivity, bondage, servitude, subjection, constraint, serfdom, slavery

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "liberty":

    freedom, free, liberté, libertad, freedoms, release

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#42free
#625release
#937license
#1129leave
#2024permission
#2076freedom
#4169liberty
#4703independence
#4965franchise
#8145exemption
#8959privilege
#12321immunity
#13990autonomy
#16070freedoms
#17766insult
#18908familiarity
#20144intimacy
#22164acquaintance
#27816emancipation
#39155closeness
#49656volition
#56679indecency
#59564libertad
#66317impropriety
#102373liberte
#146688voluntariness
#238685casualness

How to use liberty in a sentence?

  1. Mickey Mehta:

    Humans worldwide speak different languages and animals speak the same. Animals remain anonymous and humans after self branding still ask what's in a name. If only we could become more carefree about our identities ensconced in our egos, we would be relaxed and be more dis-ease free. Be carefree and immunize, breathe in liberty & MickeyMize.

  2. Benjamin Franklin:

    A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district - all studied and appreciated as they merit - are the principal support of virtue, morality, and civil liberty.

  3. John Adams:

    I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.

  4. Angel Vivas:

    Death to tyranny, long live liberty!

  5. Dee W. Hock:

    We are at that very point in time when a 400-year-old age is dying and another is struggling to be born - a shifting of culture, science, society and institutions enormously greater than the world has ever experienced. Ahead, the possibility of regeneration of individuality, liberty, community and ethics such as the world has never known, and a harmony with nature, with one another and with the divine intelligence such as the world has always dreamed.


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