Synonyms of the word

reform

• n. The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct…
• v. (transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring…
• v. (intransitive) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To form again or in a new configuration.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

ameliorate

• v. (transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.

amend

• v. (transitive) To make better.
• v. (intransitive) To become better.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
• v. (transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

better

• adj. comparative form of good: more good.
• adj. comparative form of well: more well.
• adv. comparative form of well: more well.
• adv. More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
• n. An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.
• v. (transitive) To improve.
• v. (intransitive) To become better; to improve.
• v. (transitive) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
• v. (transitive) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
• v. (colloquial) Had better.
• n. Alternative spelling of bettor.

campaign

• n. A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
• n. (obsolete) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills; a champaign.
• n. The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
• v. (intransitive) To take part in a campaign.
• v. (transitive) Consistently ride in races for a racing season.

cause

• n. (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action;…
• n. (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
• n. (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
• n. (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
• n. (countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
• n. (countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his…
• v. To set off an event or action.
• v. To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
• v. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

crusade

• n. Any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to…
• n. Any war instigated and blessed by the Church for alleged religious ends. Especially, papal sanctioned…
• n. (figuratively) A grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
• n. (archaic) A Portuguese coin; a crusado.
• v. To make a grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.

drive

• n. Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition.
• n. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
• n. An act of driving animals forward, such as to be captured, hunted etc.
• n. (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
• n. A motor that does not take fuel, but instead depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for subsequent…
• n. A trip made in a motor vehicle.
• n. A driveway.
• n. A type of public roadway.
• n. (dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
• n. (psychology) Desire or interest.
• n. (computing) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk,…
• n. (computing) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with…
• n. (golf) A stroke made with a driver.
• n. (baseball, tennis) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
• n. (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and…
• n. (soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
• n. (American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs,…
• n. A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
• n. (typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
• n. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
• v. (transitive) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
• v. (transitive) To cause animals to flee out of.
• v. (transitive) To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
• v. (transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
• v. (transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
• v. (transitive) To compel (to do something).
• v. (transitive) To cause to become.
• v. (intransitive, cricket, tennis, baseball) To hit the ball with a drive.
• v. (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
• v. (transitive) To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
• v. (intransitive) To move forcefully.
• v. (intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
• v. (transitive) To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
• v. (transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
• v. (transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
• v. (mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
• v. (American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball…
• v. (obsolete) To distrain for rent.
• v. To be the dominant party where two people are engaged in a sex act.

effort

• n. The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
• n. An endeavour.
• n. A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
• v. (uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To stimulate.

improve

• v. (transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
• v. (intransitive) To become better.
• v. (obsolete) To disprove or make void; to refute.
• v. (obsolete) To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
• v. (dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.

improvement

• n. The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering.
• n. The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed;…
• n. The state of being improved; betterment; advance.
• n. Something which is improved.
• n. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
• n. (in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc…
• n. (Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

meliorate

• v. (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

movement

• n. Physical motion between points in space.
• n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
• n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
• n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
• n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
• n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
• n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
• n. An act of emptying the bowels.
• n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

reclaim

• v. (transitive) To return land to a suitable condition for use.
• v. (transitive) To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.
• v. (transitive) To return someone to a proper course of action, or correct an error; to reform.
• v. (transitive) To claim something back; to repossess.
• v. (transitive) To tame or domesticate a wild animal.
• v. To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
• v. To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
• v. (obsolete, rare) To draw back; to give way.
• n. (obsolete, falconry) The calling back of a hawk.
• n. (obsolete) The bringing back or recalling of a person; the fetching of someone back.
• n. An effort to take something back, to reclaim something.

rectify

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To heal (an organ or part of the body).
• v. (transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
• v. (transitive) To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
• v. (transitive, chemistry) To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
• v. (transitive) To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
• v. (transitive, now rare) To correct (someone who is mistaken).
• v. (transitive, geodesy, now historical) To adjust (a globe) in order to prepare for the solution of a proposed…
• v. (transitive, electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
• v. (transitive) To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky,…

regenerate

• v. (transitive) To construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner.
• v. (transitive) To revitalize.
• v. (transitive, biology) To replace lost or damaged tissue.
• v. (intransitive) To become reconstructed.
• v. (intransitive) To undergo a spiritual rebirth.
• adj. Spiritually reborn.
• adj. (obsolete) Reproduced.

self-improvement

• n. The following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health or character.
• n. The bettering of one's status.