reformatory

Questions about reformatory

What is another word for reformatory?

It depends which reformatory you mean. In the sense “correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders”, the synonyms are reform school, training school. Across all 2 senses there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of reformatory?

WordNet records no antonym for reformatory. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for reformatory split into groups?

Because reformatory carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for reformatory come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of reformatory

• Full entry for reformatoryAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for reformatoryWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.