Definition for Reform:

• Change for the better, as in character or politics.

Synonyms for Reform:

• n.

  •
  • boost,
  • enrich,
  • lift,
  • enhance.
  •changes (noun)
  • inversion,
  • reversal,
  • twist,
  • correction,
  • fluctuation,
  • transformation,
  • revision,
  • upheaval,
  • revamp,
  • revolution,
  • diversion,
  • turn,
  • convulsion,
  • reversion,
  • refinement,
  • distortion,
  • seesaw,
  • accommodation,
  • cataclysm,
  • whirligig,
  • effect,
  • modification,
  • tweak,
  • alteration,
  • drift,
  • adjustment,
  • switch,
  • overhaul,
  • evolution.
  •re-formation (noun)
  • amelioration,
  • betterment.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • deviate,
  • transform,
  • set,
  • fluctuate,
  • regenerate,
  • transit,
  • adapt,
  • vacillate,
  • modulate,
  • adjust,
  • diversify,
  • mutate,
  • transpose,
  • vary,
  • reclaim,
  • transfigure.
  •convert (verb)
  • proselytize,
  • sublimate.
  •correct, rectify (verb)
  • resolve,
  • remodel,
  • renew,
  • standardize,
  • bring up to code,
  • swear off,
  • rework,
  • cure,
  • uplift,
  • rearrange,
  • reorganize,
  • emend,
  • reconstitute,
  • rebuild,
  • restore,
  • clean up one's act,
  • change one's ways.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • go straight,
  • turn over a new leaf.
  •
  • behave,
  • amendment,
  • redeem.
  •
  • religion.
  •change
  • remake,
  • make over,
  • remaking.
  •convert
  • see the light,
  • assimilate to.
  •correct
  • clean up,
  • set straight,
  • set right,
  • straighten out.
  •improve
  • recover,
  • update.
  •reconstruct
  • reshuffle,
  • reorient,
  • re-establish.
  •repeat
  • restate.

Paraphrases for Reform:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    reforming, reformed.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    reforming, reformed.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    reformation, reformer, reformers, reformist, reformists, reforma, restructuring, transformation, reformative.
  • Noun, plural
    reformers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    reformation, reformer, reformist, reforma, restructuring, transformation, reformative.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    matters, situations, redesign, revision, revisions.
  • Noun, plural
    parliamentarians, Pensions, revisions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    reorganisation, refurbishment, revamping, redesign, revamp, modernisation, reworking, remediation, reconfiguration, revolution, redrafting, remolding, revision, readjustment, Systemization.
  • Verb, past tense
    noted, Became, pursued, continued, Took.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    restructuring.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    amends, plans.
  • Verb, base form
    rehabilitate, reshape, redesign, revamp, reorganize, reformulate, redraft, alter, revision, modernise, remold, modernize.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    rehabilitation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    rehabilitation.

Antonyms for Reform:

• v.

  • correct, rectify
    destroy, injure, hurt, forfeit, ruin, waver, break, kill, damage, impair, abandon, worsen, harm.
  • Other antonyms:
    corrupt, demoralize, debauch, blemish, mar, depress, regress, subvert, aggravate, vitiate, demean, poison, spoil, pervert, warp, degrade, profane, debase, deteriorate, lower, abase, backslide, deprave, tarnish, canker.

Homophones for Reform:

• reaffirm, repairman, rope yarn, reborn, ribavirin, riparian, River Arno, refrain, rope burn.

Hypernym for Reform:

• n.

  • act
    land reform, moralization, housecleaning, moralisation.

• v.

  • change
    moralise, moralize.

Hyponym for Reform:

• n.

  • act
    campaign, drive, self-reformation, cause, effort, improvement, movement, crusade, self-improvement.

• v.

  • change
    amend, modify, create from raw stuff, meliorate, alter, create from raw material, ameliorate, better, change integrity, change, improve.