MELIORISTS Synonyms
3 hypernyms for meliorists. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for MELIORISTS
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| advocates | noun n | |||||
noun • a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea • a lawyer who pleads cases in court verb • push for something • speak, plead, or argue in favor of | ||||||
| believers | noun n | |||||
noun • a supporter who accepts something as true • a person who has religious faith | ||||||
| enthusiasts | noun n | |||||
noun • an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity • a person having a strong liking for something | ||||||
| idealists | noun n | |||||
noun • someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations | ||||||
| optimists | noun n | |||||
noun • a person disposed to take a favorable view of things | ||||||
| progressives | noun n | |||||
adjective • favoring or promoting progress • (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases noun • a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going • a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties adjective satellite • favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) • gradually advancing in extent • (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position • advancing in severity | ||||||
| reformists | noun n | |||||
noun • a disputant who advocates reform adjective satellite • favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) | ||||||
| utopians | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
adjective • of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia • of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia • characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection noun • an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer | ||||||
| visionaries | noun n | |||||
noun • a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible • a person with unusual powers of foresight adjective satellite • not practical or realizable; speculative | ||||||
| crusader | noun n | |||||
noun • a disputant who advocates reform • a warrior who engages in a holy war | ||||||
| reformer | noun n | |||||
noun • a disputant who advocates reform • an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel | ||||||
| reformist | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
noun • a disputant who advocates reform adjective satellite • favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) | ||||||
| social reformer | noun n | |||||
noun • a disputant who advocates reform | ||||||