Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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But despite Reformer Pilates becoming increasingly popular, with celebrities such as Ed Sheeran taking up the exercise, the industry is not formally regulated.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

It’s a massive contraption, like a Pilates Reformer on steroids.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

“He kept good relations with the Fortune 500 presence here,” Patrick Coolican, the editor in chief of an independent news site called the Minnesota Reformer, told me.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2024

The Monjasa Reformer is used in West Africa as part of Monjasa’s global marine fuels operations.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2023

Slowly, but surely, the churches are adopting not only the arguments, but the opinions of the great Reformer.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green

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