The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LIBERAL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1952.
Favorable to progress and reform crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LIBERAL | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Favorable to progress and reform
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- liberal
- liberalism
- progressive
- diehard
- hustings
- liberalist
- fix
- better
- recover
- recovered
- vetter
- modification
Crossword Answer definitions
LIBERAL noun- One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism).
- Someone left-wing; one with a left-wing ideology.
- A supporter of any of several liberal parties.
- One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets (also called "classical liberal"; compare libertarian).
- (now rare outside set phrases) 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.
- Generous; willing to give unsparingly.
- Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.
- Unrestrained, licentious.
- Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
- Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.
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