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liberals

liberals is the plural of liberal.

Meaning of liberal

Noun

liberal (plural liberals)

  1. One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism).
  2. (Canadian, Philippine, US) Someone with progressive or left-wing views, especially on social and environmental issues.
    • And I love Puerto Ricans and Negros
      As long as they don't move next door.
      So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal.1966, Phil Ochs, “Love Me, I'm a Liberal”
  3. A supporter of any of several liberal parties.
  4. (UK) One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets (also called "classical liberal"; compare libertarian).
  5. (Australian) A conservative, especially a liberal conservative.

See all 23 meanings of liberal

Noun capitalized: Liberals

Liberals

  1. (plural) plural of Liberal

Proper noun capitalized: Liberals

Liberals

  1. (UK) The Liberal Party.
  2. (Australian) The Liberal Party of Australia.

Phrases with liberals

Questions about liberals

What does liberals mean?
Liberals means the Liberal Party.
What is liberals the plural of?
Liberals is the plural of liberal.
What part of speech is liberals?
Liberals can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near liberals in the dictionary

  1. liberally
  2. liberalminded
  3. liberalmindedness
  4. liberalness
  5. liberalphobia
  6. liberals
  7. liberalspeak
  8. liberaltarian
  9. liberaltarianism
  10. liberaltarians
  11. liberalward

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Adapted from Wiktionary: liberals (page history and authors); Liberals (page history and authors); liberal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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