Antonyms for reformer


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-fawr-mer
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfɔr mər


Definition of reformer

Origin :
  • 1540s, agent noun from reform (v.).
  • As in radical : noun person who advocates significant, often extreme change
  • As in inciter : noun agitator
  • As in agitator : noun person who disturbs, causes trouble
Example sentences :
  • What use would it be then to become the great schismatic, the reformer who was awaited?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Of all the dangers that threaten the path of the reformer that of injustice is the greatest.
  • Extract from : « Morals in Trade and Commerce » by Frank B. Anderson
  • I've been reading his 'Traveling with a Reformer,' in which he abuses our road.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Every reformer the world has ever seen has had a similar experience.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • Herein, then, lies the secret of the success of the reformer.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • What answer should the reformer give to so pressing an invitation?
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
  • It was as a reformer that he had been elected two years before.
  • Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
  • That speck there is a reformer, just arranging the lever with which he is to move the world.
  • Extract from : « The Biglow Papers » by James Russell Lowell
  • Zoroaster was not their founder, but was their reformer, and the purifier of their doctrines.
  • Extract from : « Mysticism and its Results » by John Delafield
  • It often happens that the reformer reaps not the benefit of the reform he introduces.
  • Extract from : « No Animal Food » by Rupert H. Wheldon

Synonyms for reformer

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