English noun: reformer |
| 1. | reformer (person) a disputant who advocates reform |
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| Synonyms | crusader, meliorist, reformist, social reformer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | controversialist, disputant, eristic |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | abolitionist, activist, birth-control campaigner, birth-control reformer, Chartist, civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker, conservationist, demonstrator, dry, emancipationist, environmentalist, feminist, flower child, freedom fighter, hippie, hippy, hipster, insurgent, insurrectionist, libber, militant, non-resistant, passive resister, preservationist, prohibitionist, protester, rebel, Utopian, women's liberationist, women's rightist |
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| Instance hyponym | Anthony Comstock, Comstock, Dix, Dorothea Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix, Francis Everett Townsend, Girolamo Savonarola, Hus, Huss, Jan Hus, John Huss, John Wilkes, Owen, Robert Owen, Savonarola, Townsend, Wilkes |
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| 2. | reformer (artifact) an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel |
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| Samples | A catalytic reformer.
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| Broader (hypernym) | apparatus, setup |
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| Part meronym | oil refinery, petroleum refinery |
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