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 to improve corporate governance, lift dividend payouts and protect minorities now see the market trading on a premium to emerging markets.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

Reforms designed to revive the Caribbean country's moribund economy have been coming thick and fast.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

Joe Abah, a former boss of Nigeria's Bureau of Public Service Reforms, claimed on social media platform X how a private hospital in the capital, Abuja, urged him to undergo immediate surgery for an ailment.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Reforms in permitting for energy, mining or public works?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

The new Social Reforms merely transfer these various duties to the national Exchequer.

From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon