Subversive

/səbˈvɝsɪv/

Synonyms for "subversive" (199 found)

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Noun(5 words)

revolutionary revolutionist subverter agitator countercultural

agitator altered anarch anarchist anarchistic anarcho-syndicalist baneful better bolshevik bolshevist bolshiebonnet rougebrawler breakaway calamitous carbonarist carbonaro castroist castroite cataclysmal

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cataclysmic catastrophic changeable changed charley collaborationist collaborator communist cong consuming consumptive convertedcriminal syndicalist

Adjective(2 words)

anti aestheticscorruptive

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Noun(12 words)

criticalcultural dissidentcultural rebellioncultural revolutionary artdepraving destabilizing disruptive dissentingdissenting voicedissident infiltrating insurgent

crypto deadly defector degenerate demolishing demolitionary depredatory desolating destroying destructive devastating deviant disastrous disloyal dissident divergent doomful extremeextreme left-wingerextremist

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extremistic factious fatal fatefulfellow travelerfenianfifth columnfifth columnistfraternizer fratricidal frondeur gnominious guevarist improved insubordinate insurgent insurrectionary insurrectionist insurrecto internecine jacobinleft-wing extremistleninistlunatic fringemalcontent maoist

Adjective(2 words)

cultural rebellion themesinsurgent

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marxist mau-mau maverick metamorphosed metastasizedmild radicalmildly radicalmodified mutant mutineer mutineering mutinous nihilist nihilistic nonconformistparlor bolshevikparlor pinkpink pinko puritan

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qualified quisling radical ravaging rebel rebellious rebuilt redred republicanreformed renewed revived revolter revolutional revolutionaryrevolutionary juntarevolutioner revolutionist revolutionizer rioter riotous roundhead ruining ruinous saboteursans culottesans-culotte sans-culottistsecurity riskseditionary seditious self-destructivesinn feinersubversionary suicidal syndicalist terrorist traitor traitorous transformed translated transmuted treacherous treasonable treasonoustrojan horsetrotskyist trotskyite turbulent ultra ultraconservative ultraist ultraistic underground unmitigated vandalic vandalish vandalistic vc vietcong wasteful wasting withering wobbly worse yankeeyankee doodleyippie

Noun(6 words)

perverting provocateur queering rebellious satirical undermining

Verb(3 words)

queered revolting subverting

Adjective(2 words)

queerer seditious

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activist adjective agent artist descriptorpejorative termperson radical

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12 entries

agitator anarchist critique dissident insurgent insurrection parody provocateur rebellion revolution satire satirist

Collocations

6 entries

subversive activitysubversive ideologysubversive literaturesubversive movementsubversive rhetoricsubversive tactic

Inflections

3 entries

more subversivemost subversivesubversives

Derivations

4 entries

subversion subversively subversiveness subvert

similar

1 entries

disloyal

Sample sentences

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George Eliot is subtly subversive: there are have-nots on every fringe, and her women collaborate in exquisitely detailed mutual oppression.

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The lyrics seem innocent enough, but if you listen to them closely, you'll realize how subversive they really are.

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The subversive group was dragging Algeria to the brink of utter destruction.

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subversive influence

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