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Plural of liberal

regular plural

The plural of liberal is liberals.

Forms of liberal

Singularliberal /ˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹəl/
Pluralliberals
Countablecountable

Liberals in a sentence

  • The Democrats are a party controlled by elites, liberals and special interest groups.2025 January 31, Doug Sosnik, “Trump is Already Failing. That’s the Key to a Big Democratic Rebound.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry special interest group
  • Horseshoe theory is something liberals came up with to demonize communism and equate it with fascism.2025 June 3, u/dontlosethegame, “Stalin on horseshoe theory”, in Reddit, r/LateStageCapitalism, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2025. From the entry fishhook theory
  • These qualities tend to predominate among conservatives but they are present among liberals too.2021 April 29, Sabrina Tavernise, “Vaccine Skepticism Was Viewed as a Knowledge Problem. It’s Actually About Gut Beliefs.”, in The New…. From the entry predominate
  • Ten years ago, liberals pined for a post-religious right, a different culture war.2016 August 14, Ross Douthat, “A Playboy for President”, in The New York Times. From the entry pine
  • He was talking about liberals and liberalism of the kind that never, ever plays in Peoria.2016 January 15, Peter Roff, “Cruz-ified”, in U.S. News, retrieved 11 Oct 2016. From the entry play in Peoria

Meaning of liberal

  1. adjective Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.
  2. adjective Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.
  3. adjective Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.

Full definition of liberal

Questions about the plural of liberal

What is the plural of liberal?
The plural of liberal is liberals.
Is liberal countable?
Liberal is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: liberal (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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