Meanings
adjectivesubversive (comparative more subversive, superlative most subversive)
comparative more subversive · superlative most subversive
nounsubversive (plural subversives)
plural subversives
- A radical supporter of political or social revolution.
- One who subverts, a saboteur, provocateur, or propagandist.
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nouna radical supporter of political or social revolution
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian подривен, подмолен
- подривен (podriven)intending to subvert
- подмолен (podmolen)intending to subvert
Catalan subversiu
- subversiuintending to subvert
Danish undergravende
- undergravendeintending to subvert
Finnish kumouksellinen, kumouksellinen
- kumouksellinenintending to subvert
- kumouksellinena radical supporter of political or social revolution
- vallankumouksellinena radical supporter of political or social revolution
French subversif
- subversifintending to subvert
German subversiv
- subversivintending to subvert
Greek ανατρεπτικός, ανατροπέας
- ανατρεπτικός (anatreptikós)intending to subvert
- ανατροπέας (anatropéas)a radical supporter of political or social revolution
Hungarian felforgató
- felforgatóintending to subvert
Indonesian subversif
- subversifintending to subvert
Māori maninikē
- maninikēintending to subvert
Polish burzycielski, przewrotowy
- burzycielskiintending to subvert
- przewrotowyintending to subvert
- wywrotowyintending to subvert
- dywersanta radical supporter of political or social revolution
- dywersantkaa radical supporter of political or social revolution
- przewrotowieca radical supporter of political or social revolution
- wywrotowieca radical supporter of political or social revolution
Portuguese subversivo, subversivo
- subversivointending to subvert
- subversivoa radical supporter of political or social revolution
Romanian subversiv
- subversivintending to subvert
Russian подрывно́й, революционер
- подрывно́й (podryvnój)intending to subvert
- революционер (revoljucioner)a radical supporter of political or social revolution
Spanish subversivo
- subversivointending to subvert
Swedish omstörtande, subversiv
- omstörtandeintending to subvert
- subversivintending to subvert
- samhällsomstörtarea radical supporter of political or social revolution
Ukrainian підривни́й
- підривни́й (pidryvnýj)intending to subvert
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with subversive
recursiveimmersivecursivediscursivedispersiveaversiveconversivenonrecursiveabstersiveadversiveanimadversiveantidiscursiveantisubversiveaspersivecompersivecontraversiveco-recursivecounterdiscursivecountersubversivecyberdiscursivedetersiveelectrodispersiveeversiveexcursive
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APA
subversive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subversive
MLA
“subversive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subversive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subversive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subversive.
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