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Synonyms for reform
rɪˈfɔrmre·form
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Wiktionary
reformverb
Synonyms:
rectification, correction, reclaim, amend, repair, improve, restore, mend, correct, better, rectify, amendment, reformationreformverb
Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.
Synonyms:
amend, mend, rectify, reclaim, improve, better, restore, correct, reformation, amendment, rectification, correction, repairreformverb
To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a person of settled habits of vice will seldom reform.
Synonyms:
repair, mend, rectify, restore, correct, amend, reclaim, improve, betterreformverb
To form again or in a new configuration.
Synonyms:
restore, rectify, mend, reclaim, improve, amend, correct, better, repair
English Synonyms and Antonyms
reform
To amend is to change for the better by removing faults, errors, or defects, and always refers to that which at some point falls short of a standard of excellence. Advance, better, and improve may refer either to what is quite imperfect or to what has reached a high degree of excellence; we advance the kingdom of God, improve the minds of our children, better the morals of the people. But for matters below the point of ordinary approval we seldom use these words; we do not speak of bettering a wretched alley, or improving a foul sewer. There we use cleanse, purify, or similar words. We correct evils, reform abuses, rectify incidental conditions of evil or error; we ameliorate poverty and misery, which we can not wholly remove. We mend a tool, repair a building, correct proof; we amend character or conduct that is faulty, or a statement or law that is defective. A text, writing, or statement is amended by the author or by some adequate authority; it is often emended by conjecture. A motion is amended by the mover or by the assembly; a constitution is amended by the people; an ancient text is emended by a critic who believes that what seems to him the better reading is what the author wrote. Compare ALLEVIATE.
Synonyms:
advance, ameliorate, amend, better, cleanse, correct, emend, improve, make better, meliorate, mend, mitigate, purify, rectify, repairAntonyms:
aggravate, blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, deteriorate, harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, tarnish, vitiate
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
reform
Synonyms:
amend, ameliorate, correct, rectify, better, reclaim, regenerate, remodel, reconstitute, reorganize, improveAntonyms:
corrupt, vitiate, worsen, deteriorate, perpetuate, stabilitate, confirm, impair, deform, stereotype
Princeton's WordNet
reformnoun
a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
"justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"
reformnoun
a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices
"the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
reformverb
self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice
"the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"
reformverb
make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
"reform a political system"
Synonyms:
rectify, regenerate, straighten out, reclaim, see the lightreform, reclaim, regenerate, rectifyverb
bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
"The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
Synonyms:
refine, recover, reclaim, right, repair, tame, renew, domesticize, regenerate, restore, correct, rectify, domesticise, domesticate, revitalize, amend, straighten out, repossess, remedy, rejuvenate, remediate, see the lightreformverb
produce by cracking
"reform gas"
Synonyms:
rectify, regenerate, straighten out, reclaim, see the lightreformverb
break up the molecules of
"reform oil"
Synonyms:
rectify, regenerate, straighten out, reclaim, see the lightreformverb
improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
"reform the health system in this country"
Synonyms:
rectify, regenerate, straighten out, reclaim, see the lightreform, straighten out, see the lightverb
change for the better
"The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
Synonyms:
shed light on, reclaim, disentangle, enlighten, crystalize, clear up, crystalise, regenerate, illuminate, crystallize, iron out, sort out, square away, clear, rectify, straighten, crystallise, straighten out, clean up, elucidate, unsnarl, put right, neaten, tidy, tidy up, see the light
Editors Contribution
respark
spark again to any action which has got lost or weak
respark the romance
Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
reformverb
Synonyms:
correct, amend, ameliorate, meliorate, make betterreformverb
reformverb
Synonyms:
amend, become betterreformnoun
Synonyms:
reformation, amendment
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
reformverb
Synonyms:
reclaim, regenerate, convert, amend
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "reform":
reforms, reforming, reformed, reformation, reforma, reformist, réforme, redesign, overhaul, reformer, rehabilitation, al-islah, restructuring, change, transformation, repair, revision, reformative, amendment
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#234 | right | |
#347 | change | |
#495 | better | |
#907 | clear | |
#1326 | improve | |
#1666 | repair | |
#1837 | advance | |
#1847 | correct | |
#2812 | amendment | |
#2941 | revision | |
#3345 | reform | |
#4974 | rehabilitation | |
#5072 | correction | |
#5397 | refine | |
#5603 | transformation | |
#5701 | restore | |
#6356 | recover | |
#7436 | amend | |
#8193 | remedy | |
#8383 | renew | |
#8558 | reforms | |
#9917 | restructuring | |
#15247 | redesign | |
#17962 | reformed | |
#18285 | mitigate | |
#18848 | tidy | |
#19455 | overhaul | |
#21503 | reformation | |
#22636 | reclaim | |
#22879 | tame | |
#23960 | cleanse | |
#26183 | reforming | |
#28042 | remodel | |
#28268 | illuminate | |
#31890 | rectify | |
#32067 | straighten | |
#32860 | regenerate | |
#33156 | mend | |
#33465 | enlighten | |
#36357 | purify | |
#37694 | reformer | |
#37737 | revitalize | |
#43164 | elucidate | |
#46816 | rectification | |
#48003 | reorganize | |
#48305 | rejuvenate | |
#57702 | reformist | |
#60127 | ameliorate | |
#64173 | reforma | |
#77777 | remediate | |
#82180 | reconstitute | |
#93817 | crystallize | |
#97520 | disentangle | |
#115030 | repossess | |
#153865 | emend | |
#178873 | reforme | |
#182964 | domesticate | |
#224484 | crystallise |
How to use reform in a sentence?
As a major sponsor, we urge you to demand an independent FIFA Reform Commission to restore transparency and integrity to international football, and ensure that major sporting events uphold the highest possible human rights standards.
There are too many conflicts. We cant see a proper plan to grow the economy and Bolsonaro is losing the momentum presidents have in the first six months. Even his pension reform, which led many moderates to believe him, seems at risk of failing or being massively dehydrated by the very Congress he doesnt talk to, it can all change; he has time. But the signs are not here yet.
Governing is tough—we’ve gone from being the opposition party for the last 10 years to being a governing party within the last four months, it looks messy, but this is the system the founders envisioned—we either repeal and replace and make tax reform easier, and if we don’t, it will make tax reform $1 trillion harder.
The calculation of damages needs reform in patent law. We need some method of damages apportionment similar to what is making its way through Congress. As most of the companies I represent are in the high tech arena, the market capture rule, especially in cases where the plaintiff solely seeks a reasonable royalty, is problematic."
It's hard to take seriously a reform committee of FIFA that is full of football and Olympic insiders and officials, all of whom have an implicit conflict of interest through their roles as well as a vested interest in maintaining as much of the status quo as they can get away with.
Translations for reform
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- reformaCzech
- reformDanish
- reformieren, ReformGerman
- μεταρρύθμιση, αναμόρφωσηGreek
- reformoEsperanto
- reformar, reformaSpanish
- اصلاحPersian
- reformi, uudistus, uudistua, uudistaaFinnish
- réformer, réformeFrench
- leasaighIrish
- ath-leasachadh, ath-leasaichScottish Gaelic
- सुधारHindi
- riformaItalian
- 改革Japanese
- reformationemLatin
- reformar, reformaPortuguese
- reformăRomanian
- рефо́рма, реформи́роватьRussian
- rèfōrma, рѐфо̄рма, reformírati, реформи́рaтиSerbo-Croatian
- reformera, reformSwedish
- isloh qilmoqUzbek
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