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

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

When DCAF5 degrades them, the researchers showed that SWI/SNF re-forms and maintains its ability to open chromatin and regulate gene expression.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2024

“Such is the power of creativity that it forms and re-forms our very understanding of the world,” he writes.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022

SEE ALSO: Migrant caravan re-forms in Mexico: ‘We are going to reach the United States’

From Washington Times • Oct. 21, 2018

When a coin is dropped into an aggregation of the insects, the group re-forms slowly around the object.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2017

Other re-forms were in the offing but would be instituted very slowly, “so as to only create a tiny ripple back.”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover