reformer
noun
re·form·er ri-ˈfȯr-mər 
1
: one that works for or urges reform
2
capitalized : a leader of the Protestant Reformation
3
: an apparatus for cracking oils or gases to form specialized products
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Telles was elected in 2018 as a reformer, and was endorsed by his predecessor, Jerry Cahill. 
John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022 Our experts like that the portable reformer can be moved on its transport wheels and stored vertically. Stefani Sassos, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2022 The reformer has been affectionately dubbed the ‘Peloton of Pilates’ due to its potential in changing the at-home Pilates market. Josh Wilson, Forbes, 8 May 2022 European settlement dates to February 1733, when an English prison reformer led some 114 colonists to a bluff overlooking the Savannah River. Alex Pulaski, Washington Post, 8 July 2022 But all that initial bigness mattered, establishing Reagan’s bona fides as a tax reformer — and as someone who would deliver on his promises. Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021 John Knox, the Scottish religious reformer and radical, had published The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women in 1558, the year of Elizabeth’s coronation. Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 6 Apr. 2022 My older brother meanwhile became an adviser to the chief reformer and later Prime Minister, Yegor Gaidar. Andrei Kolesnikov, CNN, 25 Dec. 2021 When the war ended in 1995, Dodik positioned himself as a reformer and founded a moderate alternative to Karadžić’s extremist party. New York Times, 14 June 2022 See More
John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022 Our experts like that the portable reformer can be moved on its transport wheels and stored vertically. Stefani Sassos, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2022 The reformer has been affectionately dubbed the ‘Peloton of Pilates’ due to its potential in changing the at-home Pilates market. Josh Wilson, Forbes, 8 May 2022 European settlement dates to February 1733, when an English prison reformer led some 114 colonists to a bluff overlooking the Savannah River. Alex Pulaski, Washington Post, 8 July 2022 But all that initial bigness mattered, establishing Reagan’s bona fides as a tax reformer — and as someone who would deliver on his promises. Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021 John Knox, the Scottish religious reformer and radical, had published The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women in 1558, the year of Elizabeth’s coronation. Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 6 Apr. 2022 My older brother meanwhile became an adviser to the chief reformer and later Prime Minister, Yegor Gaidar. Andrei Kolesnikov, CNN, 25 Dec. 2021 When the war ended in 1995, Dodik positioned himself as a reformer and founded a moderate alternative to Karadžić’s extremist party. New York Times, 14 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing reformer
reformer
noun
1
as in progressive
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- progressive
- compromiser
- centrist
- moderate
- middle-of-the-roader
- accommodationist
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- revolutionist
- revolutionary
- extremist
- radical
- conservative
- liberal
- reactionary
- rightist
- leftist
- ultraist
- right-winger
- left-winger
2
as in reformist
Synonyms & Similar Words
- reformist
- proponent
- apostle
- radical
- advocate
- promoter
- supporter
- booster
- champion
- agitator
- revolutionist
- protester
- exponent
- firebrand
- revolutionary
- troublemaker
- rebel
- demonstrator
- protestor
- demagogue
- persuader
- extremist
- provocateur
- backer
- marcher
- subversive
- picketer
- insurgent
- insurrectionist
- rabble-rouser
- objector
- alarmist
- inciter
- demagog
- instigator
- fomenter
- kindler
- exciter
- revolter
- prompter
- incendiary
- provoker
- prodder
- agent provocateur
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- peacemaker
- reconciler
- uniter
3
as in optimist
Synonyms & Similar Words
- optimist
- do-gooder
- perfectionist
- theorist
- thinker
- idealist
- daydreamer
- sentimentalist
- Pollyanna
- dreamer
- idealogue
- fantasizer
- emotionalist
- utopian
- ideologue
- woolgatherer
- romanticist
- doctrinaire
- visionary
- romantic
- Micawber
- idealizer
- fantast
- Don Quixote
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- pragmatist
- realist
- cynic
- pessimist
- defeatist
- empiricist
- hardnose
- empiric