REFORMER Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

reformer

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Recent Examples of reformer Roosevelt was both a crisis manager and a structural reformer who fundamentally changed the role of the federal government and the nation’s expectations of the state. — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 Working at the Kunstgewerbeschule under educational reformer Franz Cžek, Wiener Werkstätte women also designed toys designed to tap into childlike spontaneity. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 How did Infantino go from progressive reformer, the overseer of newly transparent and accountable FIFA, to the man who literally tried to sell the World Cup? — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Two fuels, one engine At the heart of the demonstration is Amogy’s AMMDrive platform, which combines the company’s ammonia reformer with 2G Energy’s Agenitor 412 engine-generator. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reformer

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Noun

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Ocasio-Cortez is training her focus on Michigan, where El-Sayed, a fellow progressive, is locked in a competitive race against Rogers.

— Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026
Sanders, arguably the most famous progressive nationwide, is rallying in El Paso on Monday as part of an effort to boost Democratic candidates in competitive races in Texas.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of progressive

Noun

The move followed the ousting in a wider government reshuffle last week of tech-savvy reformist Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, which brought out into the open the deep divisions in the Ukrainian defense leadership.

— Reuters, NBC news, 22 July 2026
Pezeshkian, a reformist within Iran’s theocracy, is the highest-ranking official within Iran to reference the release of the funds held by Qatar.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026

Definition of reformist

Noun

Morris was a wild-haired and bearded optimist with gentle eyes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Still, Crow—the ever-optimist, as her body of work proves—clings on to the glimmers of hope from leaders of the world who do show us the best parts of humanity.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of optimist

Noun

Disaster failures can mobilize political moderates A handful of studies, including mine, have found that people who have experienced a disaster often have higher levels of civic engagement.

— Dana R. Fisher, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
Both Gluesenkamp Perez and Braun are considered moderates within their parties, both own small businesses and both reside in rural towns.

— Saige Miller, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of moderate

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One of the leading proponents of an energy-centric view of disease is Martin Picard, a biologist who directs the Mitochondrial Psychobiology Group at Columbia University.

— Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The No campaign accused measure proponents of misusing the state office.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of proponent

Noun

Lee, emerging from the dark woods beyond McMann’s cabin, gets picked up by a guy who nicknames himself the Boontill Oracle, a do-gooder who waits outside highway bars to give safe rides to local drunks.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Playing do-gooder cop Matt in Heroes is just one milestone on the resume of Greg Grunberg, who has made a name for himself as an affable everyman.

— Megan Vick, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of do-gooder

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Despite the church’s efforts, male Catholic bishops whose identities have not been publicly revealed later ordained two of the women as bishops with the aim of preserving the line of succession from Jesus’ apostles to present-day bishops.

— Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Every night, after Jesus died on the cross, my apostles gently helped me down from the chain-link fence to which I had been lashed.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of apostle

Noun

The actress, best known for Pollyanna and the original version of The Parent Trap, appeared on the Rosebud podcast with Gyles Brandreth, alongside sister Juliet Mills.

— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
Doom and gloom always sells better than Pollyanna—but Pollyanna turns out to be more accurate, on average, in the long run.

— Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 14 Jan. 2026

Definition of Pollyanna

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