vverb.changemake changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injusticesExamples:- reform a political system
Derivationally Related Form:reformativereformationreformerreformreformist
Hypernyms:ameliorate amend better improve meliorate
Inherited Hypernyms:reformbetterchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changebring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right oneSynset:reclaim rectify reform regenerate
Examples:- The Church reformed me
- reform your conduct
Derivationally Related Form:reformativereformatoryreformistrectificationreformationreclamationreform
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:reformchange
Direct Hyponyms:moralisemoralize
Full Troponyms:moralize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.changeproduce by crackingTopic:chemical sciencechemistry
Hypernyms:create from raw material create from raw stuff
Inherited Hypernyms:reformcreate from raw materialmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changebreak up the molecules ofTopic:chemical sciencechemistry
Derivationally Related Form:reformer
Hypernyms:change integrity
Inherited Hypernyms:reformchange integritychange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changeimprove by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better conditionExamples:- reform the health system in this country
Derivationally Related Form:reformationreformreformist
Hypernyms:ameliorate amend better improve meliorate
Inherited Hypernyms:reformbetterchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changechange for the betterSynset:reform see the light straighten out
Examples:- The lazy student promised to reform
- the habitual cheater finally saw the light
Derivationally Related Form:reformationreformatoryreform
Hypernyms:ameliorate better improve meliorate
Inherited Hypernyms:reformbetterchange statechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
adj satadj.allof or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from LutheranAntonyms:orthodox
Inherited Hypernyms:reformed
Similar to:unorthodox
adj satadj.allcaused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good oneAntonyms:unregenerate
Inherited Hypernyms:reformed
Similar to:regenerate