The reformer for whom the world is not good enough finds himself shoulder to shoulder with him that is not good enough for the world.
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Reformer
Synonyms for "reformer" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
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6 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُصْلِح noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Belarusian
1 entries- рэформа́тар noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Bulgarian
1 entries- реформа́тор noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 改革家 noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Czech
1 entries- reformátor noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Danish
1 entries- reformator noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Dutch
3 entries- hervormer noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
- hervormer noun (one who was involved in the Reformation)
- hervormster noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Finnish
1 entries- uudistaja noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Georgian
1 entries- რეფორმატორი noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
German
4 entries- Reformator noun (one who was involved in the Reformation)
- Reformatorin noun (one who was involved in the Reformation)
- Reformer noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
- Reformerin noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Hungarian
1 entries- reformátor noun (one who was involved in the Reformation)
Irish
1 entries- leasaitheoir noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Japanese
2 entries- リフォーマー noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
- 改革家 noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Kazakh
2 entries- реформалаушы noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
- реформатор noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Korean
1 entries- 개혁가 noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Latin
2 entries- refōrmātor noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
- refōrmātor noun (one who was involved in the Reformation)
Macedonian
1 entries- реформа́тор noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Malay
2 entries- pembaharu noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
- reformis noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Manx
1 entries- aachrootagh noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- reformator noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- reformator noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Polish
2 entries- reformator noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
- reformatorka noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Russian
1 entries- реформа́тор noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- ath-leasachair noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
- leasachair noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Slovak
1 entries- reformátor noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Swahili
1 entries- mwanamageuzi noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Swedish
2 entries- reformator noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
- reformator noun (one who was involved in the Reformation)
Tagalog
1 entries- tagamulinyo noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Ukrainian
1 entries- реформа́тор noun (one who reforms, or who works for reform)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Many now remember Giscard as a reformer and a champion of European unity.
Source: tatoeba (9431666)
Among the frontrunners before the conclave began were Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state; Luis Antonio Tagle, a reformer from the Philippines; Péter Erdő, a traditionalist from Hungary; Robert Sarah, a cardinal from Guinea who criticised Francis’s papacy; and the moderate US cardinal Robert Prevost.
Source: wiktionary
[…] for I long to ſee a larke without a creaſt, and would travaile farre to diſcoover a reformer without a fault, […]
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