reformer

[ri-fawr-mer] / rɪˈfɔr mər /

NOUN

inciter

Synonyms

STRONG

advocate agent anarchist champion demagogue dissident fighter firebrand fomenter heretic incendiary instigator leftist malcontent mover partisan propagandist provocateur pusher rabble-rouser radical reactionary rebel revisionist revolutionary ringleader troublemaker zealot

WEAK

disrupter sparkplug wave maker

Antonyms

STRONG

moderate peacemaker

NOUN

radical

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agitator anarchist extremist fanatic firebrand insurgent leftist militant progressive rebel renegade revolutionary rioter subversive

STRONG

avant-garde freethinker iconoclast insurrectionist left-winger mutineer nihilist nonconformist objector pacifist secessionist

WEAK

revolter ultraist

Antonyms

WEAK

conservative moderate

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For the reformers too, “if the ship goes down, they are sinking with it,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

With a return to pre-1848 conditions impossible, and concessions to modernity politically necessary and economically promising, Central European conservatives became “radical reformers.”

From The Wall Street Journal

County officials had previously balked at sharing certain sensitive files on sheriff’s deputies, and some reformers worry the new law may not go far enough.

From Los Angeles Times

A student does standing exercises on the reformer.

From Los Angeles Times

After I wake up, I do Pilates at home with a Gratz reformer.

From Los Angeles Times

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