SHIITE Antonyms

• tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

• a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

• a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

• showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

• having political or social views favoring reform and progress

• given or giving freely

• not literal

• being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme

• a person who takes a position in the political center

• not extreme

• marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

• preside over

• make less fast or intense

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• make less severe or harsh

• make less strong or intense; soften

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

• not restricted to one sect or school or party

• ready to entertain new ideas

• adhering to what is commonly accepted

• of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism

• of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church

• favoring or promoting progress

• (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases

• a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

• a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

• favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

• gradually advancing in extent

• (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position

• advancing in severity

• of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

• characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world

• not concerned with or devoted to religion

• of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows

• someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

• characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

• a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad

• one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam

• Not religious; secular