reforms

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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reforms

While Tinubu's reforms are lauded for restoring some stability at the macroeconomic level, they have also created instability in households.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

“I don’t think there’s going to be an appetite to see reforms in this area, certainly not as far-reaching as we saw in Prop. 45, for many years to come,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Three veterans of President Trump’s Energy Department whose work focused on nuclear power reforms are getting into the data-center business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

One is the structural reforms to bring our democracy up to the modern era.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

Egypt was an important model for us, for we could witness firsthand the program of socialist economic reforms being launched by President Nasser.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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