Fix
Fix verb - To put into good shape or working order again.
Usage example: have to fix the car before we can go
Reform
Reform verb - To remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from.
Usage example: he had better reform his ways if he wants any of us to trust him
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| long | long fix | long reform |
| current | current fix | current reform |
| real | real fix | real reform |
| bad | bad fix | bad reform |
| Other adjectives: necessary, new, permanent, major. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- This doesn't reform her heart, but it does fix her spine to the point that she ends up earning her royalty by butchering all the other bandits in the post-apocalyptia with some former royal staff, instead of bitching and whining like she did from episodes 9 to 23.
Source: Tough Love -
Suzaku of Code Geass is a good person, but leans more towards the "Law" side — he recognizes that the Britannian Empire is horribly corrupt, but believes that the way to fix things is to peacefully reform it from within, rather than fomenting open rebellion the way Zero does.
Source: To Be Lawful or Good -
However, in many playthroughs this subplot may never be encountered, and the game even questions Fix's motives as he may appear as a bartender in the Reform Club afterward.
Source: Video Game / 80 Days
Cite this Source
Reform and Fix. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/reform
Fix & Reform. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/reform>.
Reform or Fix. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/reform.
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