Liberal vs. Moderate
Liberaladjective
Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training.
Liberaladjective
Generous; willing to give unsparingly.
Liberaladjective
Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.
Liberaladjective
(obsolete) Unrestrained, licentious.
Liberaladjective
Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
Liberaladjective
(politics) Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.
Liberalnoun
One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism).
Liberalnoun
(US) Someone left-wing; one with a left-wing ideology.
Liberalnoun
A supporter of any of several liberal parties.
Liberalnoun
(UK) One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets also called "classical liberal"; compare libertarian.
Liberaladjective
Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or studies.
Liberaladjective
Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman; generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver.
Liberaladjective
Bestowed in a large way; hence, more than sufficient; abundant; bountiful; ample; profuse; as, a liberal gift; a liberal discharge of matter or of water.
Liberaladjective
Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language.
Liberaladjective
Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic.
Liberaladjective
Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious.
Liberaladjective
Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the constitution or administration of government; having tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party.
Liberalnoun
One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called. Cf. Whig.
Liberalnoun
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
Liberalnoun
a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
Liberaladjective
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness;
Liberaladjective
having political or social views favoring reform and progress
Liberaladjective
tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
Liberaladjective
given or giving freely;
Liberaladjective
not literal;
Moderateadjective
Not excessive; acting in moderation
Moderateadjective
Mediocre
Moderateadjective
Average priced; standard-deal
Moderateadjective
Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
Moderateadjective
Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
Moderatenoun
One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
Moderateverb
(transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
Moderateverb
(intransitive) To become less excessive
Moderateverb
(transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator
Moderateverb
(intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise
Moderateadjective
Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained
Moderateadjective
Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter.
Moderatenoun
One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.
Moderateverb
To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind.
Moderateverb
To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting or a discussion; as, to moderate a synod; to moderate a debate.
Moderateverb
To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.
Moderateverb
To preside as a moderator.
Moderatenoun
a person who takes a position in the political center
Moderateverb
preside over;
Moderateverb
make less fast or intense;
Moderateverb
lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits;
Moderateverb
make less severe or harsh;
Moderateverb
make less strong or intense; soften;
Moderateverb
restrain or temper
Moderateadjective
being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme;
Moderateadjective
not extreme;
Moderateadjective
marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes;
