1.a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
2.a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
3.showing or characterized by broad-mindedness;
a broad political stance
4.having political or social views favoring reform and progress
5.tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
6.given or giving freely;
was a big tipper
7.not literal;
a loose interpretation of what she had been told