Definitions

reform

[ri-fawrm] / rɪˈfɔrm /

VERB

correct, rectify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amend improve rebuild rehabilitate remake renovate reorganize repair resolve restore revise revolutionize standardize transform

STRONG

ameliorate better convert correct cure emend mend rearrange reclaim reconstitute reconstruct redeem refashion regenerate remedy remodel renew rework uplift

WEAK

bring up to code change one's ways clean up clean up one's act go straight make amends make over shape up swear off turn over a new leaf

Antonyms

STRONGEST

break damage destroy harm hurt injure ruin waver worsen

STRONG

abandon forfeit kill

WEAK

impair

Example Sentences

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That’s the pattern of every Social Security reform in living memory.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

On Tuesday the three candidates in Geneva set out how they would reform the UN, which is facing a lack of funding, multiple conflicts and dwindling faith in multilateralism.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

“I think it partially cost me my election,” DuBuisson said of her attempts to reform the ban.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Which makes this reform push a model of the growth challenge Beijing faces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Obama’s stated positions on criminal justice reform suggest that he is opposed to the War on Drugs and the systematic targeting of African Americans for mass incarceration.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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