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not at all.
"Liberalism", as with most political terms here, is used in an alternate and incongruous way compared to Europe or other places.
liberalism is synonymous with capitalism. they are both authoritarian structurally as they aren't functionally separate. Liberalism/capitalism is a right-wing ideology.
here's a decent video on the subject: https://youtu.be/VlLgvSduugI?si=wvDWWE6nlN-7StXQ
"Libertarianism" suffers similar misunderstanding in the U.S. The term originally referred to what was essentially "communist anarchist" philosophy until a right-wing psyop co-opted the term and now it's understand as such in the U.S. In the UK, Europe, or other places it's sometimes understood under the original meaning.