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liar n. fabricator, prevaricator, perjurer, falsifier, teller of
tales, false witness, Ananias, Baron von M•nchhausen, Colloq
fibber: He's a liar if he says he saw me that night - I was ill
in bed.
libel n. 1 defamation, vilification, denigration, denunciation,
deprecation, depreciation, belittlement, disparagement,
derogation, disgrace, ill repute, dishonour, obloquy, shame,
humiliation, mortification: His entire conversation is a
perpetual libel on his acquaintances. 2 slander, calumny, lie,
falsehood, prevarication, untruth, misrepresentation, aspersion,
innuendo, insinuation, slur, smear, blot, stain, smirch, stigma:
For years he suffered the libels circulated by his ex-mistress.
--v. 3 defame, vilify, denigrate, denounce, deprecate,
depreciate, belittle, disparage, derogate, disgrace, dishonour,
shame, humiliate, mortify: He claims to have been libelled by
an article in the newspaper. 4 slander, calumniate, lie about,
misrepresent, asperse, insinuate, slur, smear, malign, stain,
blacken, discredit, besmirch, stigmatize, traduce, vilify, Rare
vilipend, Colloq chiefly US bad-mouth: There is often a fine
line between libelling a person and exercising freedom of
speech.
liberal adj. 1 generous, bountiful, free, open-hearted, open,
open-handed, bounteous, charitable, philanthropic, munificent,
magnanimous, big, big-hearted, unstinting, unselfish, unsparing;
lavish, abundant, ample, large, handsome, plentiful, copious:
Lady Browning is a liberal benefactor of our cause. Thank you
for your liberal contributions. 2 progressive, libertarian,
reformist, humanistic, left (of centre), latitudinarian,
non-partisan, unaligned or non-aligned, individualistic, South
African verligte: The liberal voters found little to attract
them in the latest election. 3 free, not literal, flexible,
lenient, loose, broad, open, disinterested, impartial,
dispassionate, fair, broad-minded, open-minded, unprejudiced,
unbigoted, unjaundiced, unopinionated, tolerant: Judge Reid is
known for his liberal interpretation of the law.
--n. 4 progressive, libertarian, reformer, progressivist,
latitudinarian, independent, freethinker, leftist, left-winger,
South African verligte: They think of themselves as liberals,