Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reformatory

1 sense of reformatory

Sense 1
reformatory, reform school, training school -- (correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders)
       => correctional institution -- (a penal institution maintained by the government)

Antonyms of adj reformatory

1 sense of reformatory

Sense 1
reformative, reformatory -- (tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment")

INDIRECT (VIA helpful) -> unhelpful -- (providing no assistance)

Similarity of adj reformatory

1 sense of reformatory

Sense 1
reformative, reformatory -- (tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment")
       => helpful (vs. unhelpful) -- (providing assistance or serving a useful function)