Definition of subversive Subversive
/sʌbvɚˈsɪv/ - [subversiv] - sub•ver•sive
We found 6 definitions of subversive from 4 different sources.
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What does subversive mean?
WordNet
Adjective |
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| subversive - in opposition to a civil authority or government | ||
| insurgent, seditious | ||
| disloyal deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers" | ||
Noun |
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| subversive - a radical supporter of political or social revolution | ||
| revolutionist, revolutionary, subverter | ||
| radical a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram | ||
| counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary, counterrevolutionist a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | ||
| dynamiter, dynamitist a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause | ||
| girondin, girondist a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins | ||
| freedom fighter, insurrectionist, insurgent, rebel a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | ||
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Wiktionary 
- subversive (Noun)
A radical supporter of political or social revolution. - subversive (Adjective)
Intending to subvert, overturn or undermine a government or authority.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- subversive (a.)
Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin.
Part of speech
🔤- subversive, noun, singular of subversives.
