Liberty

Harbor monument personified

Liberty often refers to the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, a symbol of American freedom and welcome to immigrants: We took the ferry to Liberty Island.

It also serves as a place name for various American towns and as a given name, particularly in communities that value patriotic or virtue names. (Lowercase liberty means freedom.)

statue

New York

Northeastern metropolis and state

  • Ellis IslandHistoric immigrant processing center
  • torchHandheld burning light source
  • crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece

tablet · harbor · copper · neoclassical · monument · landmark · Gustave Eiffel · immigrant · beacon · colossus

name

given name

Personal name from birth

Frederick Douglass · Harriet Tubman

place

town

Mid-sized settlement

Categories
Opposites
freedom vs constraint

Libertyslavery

Ownership of people

captivity · bondage · enslavement · imprisonment · incarceration

political systems

Libertytyranny

Oppressive, absolute governance

despotism · totalitarianism · authoritarianism · dictatorship · autocracy

psychological/existential state

Libertydependence

State of needing another

obligation · duty · necessity · compulsion · subjection

Phrases
Family

liberal, liberate, liberation, liberated, liberties, liberator, illiberal, liberating, libertarian

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G