Synonyms for reform
rɪˈfɔrmre·form

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1. reformverb

   Synonyms:
   rectification, correction, reclaim, amend, repair, improve, restore, mend, correct, better, rectify, amendment, reformation

2. reformverb

   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, repair

3. reformverb

   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, better

4. reformverb

   To form again or in a new configuration.

   Synonyms:
   restore, rectify, mend, reclaim, improve, amend, correct, better, repair

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1. 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, repair

   Antonyms:
   aggravate, blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, deteriorate, harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, tarnish, vitiate

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1. reform

   Synonyms:
   amend, ameliorate, correct, rectify, better, reclaim, regenerate, remodel, reconstitute, reorganize, improve

   Antonyms:
   corrupt, vitiate, worsen, deteriorate, perpetuate, stabilitate, confirm, impair, deform, stereotype

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1. reformnoun

   a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses

   "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"

2. reformnoun

   a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices

   "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"

3. reformverb

   self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice

   "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"

4. reformverb

   make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices

   "reform a political system"

   Synonyms:
   rectify, regenerate, straighten out, reclaim, see the light

5. reform, 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 light

6. reformverb

   produce by cracking

   "reform gas"

   Synonyms:
   rectify, regenerate, straighten out, reclaim, see the light

7. reformverb

   break up the molecules of

   "reform oil"

   Synonyms:
   rectify, regenerate, straighten out, reclaim, see the light

8. reformverb

   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 light

9. reform, 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

Matched Categories

1. • Campaign
   • Change Integrity
   • Chemistry
   • Create From Raw Material
   • Improve
   • Improvement

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1. respark

   spark again to any action which has got lost or weak

   respark the romance

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

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1. reformverb

   Synonyms:
   correct, amend, ameliorate, meliorate, make better

2. reformverb

   Synonyms:
   remodel, form anew

3. reformverb

   Synonyms:
   amend, become better

4. reformnoun

   Synonyms:
   reformation, amendment

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1. reformverb

   Synonyms:
   reclaim, regenerate, convert, amend

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1. 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

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1. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished. (Proposal to reform welfare programs)

2. Dan Caldwell:

   Quite frankly, this 'MyVA' reform plan that secretary has put out, it is a joke. Making VA employees wear these 'I CARE' pins and that's somehow evidence of reform, it's a joke, we need real reform.

3. Zhou Xiaochoan:

   If the government pursues too high a growth rate, it will postpone necessary structural reform, what people care more about now is structural reform. We'd like to sacrifice a little bit lower growth rate as long as we have structural reform.

4. Derek Scissors:

   The (Chinese) reform camp has been selling (IMF inclusion) partly on the basis of international prestige, in particular equaling Japan, what is the reform movement going to say now to move reform forward ... if the IMF has already recognized China as an internationalized currency?

5. Maine Gov. Paul LePage:

   Our liberal friends said 'no.' They made all sorts of excuses. Well, as you saw in November, the Maine people didn't buy it. They're demanding reform, they expect reform and we're going to give them reform.