Definition of reform

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • reform is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
  • reform is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
  • reform is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of reform


  • bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one (verb)

    Examples

    1. The Church reformed me
    2. reform your conduct

    Synonyms

    1. reclaim
    2. rectify
    3. regenerate
  • change for the better (verb)

    Examples

    1. The lazy student promised to reform

    Synonyms

    1. see the light
    2. straighten out
  • a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices (noun)

    Examples

    1. the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians
  • a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses (noun)

    Examples

    1. justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts
  • break up the molecules of (verb)

    Examples

    1. reform oil
  • improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition (verb)

    Examples

    1. reform the health system in this country
  • make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices (verb)

    Examples

    1. reform a political system
  • produce by cracking (verb)

    Examples

    1. reform gas
  • self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice (noun)

    Examples

    1. the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform

See definition of reform in Merriam Webster