noun
a disputant who advocates reform
• Syn: ↑reformer, ↑crusader, ↑social reformer, ↑meliorist
• Derivationally related forms: ↑meliorism (for: ↑meliorist), ↑crusade (for: ↑crusader), ↑reformism, ↑reform, ↑reform (for: ↑reformer)
• Hypernyms: ↑disputant, ↑controversialist, ↑eristic
• Hyponyms:
↑abolitionist, ↑emancipationist, ↑birth-control campaigner, ↑birth-control reformer, ↑Chartist, ↑civil rights leader, ↑civil rights worker, ↑civil rights activist, ↑demonstrator, ↑protester, ↑dry, ↑prohibitionist, ↑environmentalist, ↑conservationist, ↑feminist, ↑women's rightist, ↑women's liberationist, ↑libber, ↑hippie, ↑hippy, ↑hipster, ↑flower child, ↑insurgent, ↑insurrectionist, ↑freedom fighter, ↑rebel, ↑militant, ↑activist, ↑non-resistant, ↑passive resister, ↑preservationist, ↑Utopian
• Instance Hyponyms:
↑Comstock, ↑Anthony Comstock, ↑Dix, ↑Dorothea Dix, ↑Dorothea Lynde Dix, ↑Huss, ↑John Huss, ↑Hus, ↑Jan Hus, ↑Owen, ↑Robert Owen, ↑Savonarola, ↑Girolamo Savonarola, ↑Townsend, ↑Francis Everett Townsend, ↑Wilkes, ↑John Wilkes
adjective
favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
• Syn: ↑progressive, ↑reform-minded
• Similar to: ↑liberal
• Derivationally related forms: ↑progressive (for: ↑progressive), ↑progressiveness (for: ↑progressive), ↑progressivity (for: ↑progressive)
• Topics: ↑government, ↑governing, ↑governance, ↑government activity, ↑administration
Useful english dictionary. 2012.