What is another word for subvert?
1205 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ səbvˈɜːt], [ səbvˈɜːt], [ s_ə_b_v_ˈɜː_t]
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Similar words for subvert:
- bring down (noun)
- counteract (noun)
- countermine (noun)
- debase (noun)
- demoralise (noun)
- demoralize (noun)
- misdirect (noun)
- overturn (noun)
- pervert (noun)
- profane (noun)
- subvert (noun)
- abolish (verb)
- confute (verb)
- contact (verb)
- corrupt (verb)
- debauch (verb)
- depose (verb)
- dismantle (verb)
- disobey (verb)
- disprove (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- overthrow (verb)
- poison (verb)
- raze (verb)
- rebel, destroy (verb)
- sabotage (verb)
- sap (verb)
- turn (verb)
- undermine (verb)
- undo (verb)
- unhorse (verb)
- upset (verb)
- vanquish (verb)
- wreck (verb)
- other synonyms
- confute
- other relevant words
- poison
- sabotage
- take apart
Synonyms for Subvert:
n.
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•
- boycott,
- chase,
- dislodge,
- destabilize,
- demonstrate,
- blacklist,
- defect,
- agitate,
- foment.
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•
- attack.
v.
• abolish (verb)- dis solve,
- in validated,
- putting the kibosh on,
- re pealing,
- dis-solving,
- dis establishing,
- de-stroy,
- dis establish,
- in-validate,
- dis solved,
- de-stroyed,
- de stroy,
- dis-established,
- puts end to,
- in validating,
- over-turn,
- in-validates,
- de stroys,
- over-turned,
- dis-solve,
- over turned,
- de-stroys,
- over turning,
- in-validating,
- dis-establishes,
- in validate,
- putting end to,
- re peals,
- dis-solves,
- dis-establishing,
- over-turns,
- dis establishes,
- re-pealing,
- over turns,
- disestablishing,
- dis-establish,
- dis solving,
- disestablishes,
- puts an end to,
- in-validated,
- dis solves,
- re-peal,
- re pealed,
- de-stroying,
- in validates,
- re-peals,
- putting an end to,
- puts kibosh on,
- nixed,
- dis-solved,
- de stroying,
- dis established,
- de stroyed,
- sets aside,
- re peal,
- puts the kibosh on,
- putting kibosh on,
- over-turning,
- re-pealed.
- dis mayed,
- over come,
- over whelms,
- dis proving,
- dis prove,
- bringing to naught,
- knocksed props out from under,
- over-coming,
- de feats,
- brought to naught,
- de-feat,
- proved false,
- blowing sky high,
- dis-proved,
- proving false,
- ex-posed,
- brings naught,
- proves false,
- dis-mays,
- dis-proving,
- dis-may,
- ex-pose,
- proves wrong,
- dis maying,
- ex-posing,
- over-whelms,
- dis proved,
- brought naught,
- brings to naught,
- over comes,
- bringing naught,
- ex posed,
- de feat,
- dis-proves,
- over came,
- knockses props out from under,
- over-come,
- over coming,
- dis mays,
- blows sky high,
- ex pose,
- over whelm,
- blew sky high,
- over-whelmed,
- dis-prove,
- dis-mayed,
- over whelming,
- over-whelm,
- dis-maying,
- re butted,
- re butting,
- bring naught,
- over-came,
- proving wrong,
- over-comes,
- over-whelming,
- de-feats,
- re-butting,
- knocksing props out from under,
- dis proves,
- dis may,
- over whelmed,
- re-butted.
- dis graces,
- de-cay,
- de graded,
- de filed,
- mis treats,
- de-composed,
- dis figuring,
- de-composes,
- dis-figure,
- de-based,
- de-moralize,
- de-moralized,
- dis-graced,
- de-form,
- de cays,
- mis treat,
- de base,
- de facing,
- de spoiled,
- greases palm,
- greased palm,
- de-mean,
- de-spoiling,
- de-spoils,
- de-graded,
- dis-graces,
- de-facing,
- re-duces,
- re duces,
- de-cays,
- dis figures,
- out-raging,
- dis-grace,
- de composes,
- de-composing,
- de means,
- de basing,
- de-file,
- mis using,
- de-means,
- ill treat,
- dis figured,
- dis-figured,
- de forms,
- de-filing,
- dis-honoring,
- de-files,
- de composed,
- dis-figures,
- mis-treated,
- dis gracing,
- de-filed,
- de compose,
- out-rage,
- mis treated,
- dis-gracing,
- mis treating,
- de moralizing,
- out raged,
- de moralize,
- dis-honors,
- dis graced,
- out raging,
- greasing palm,
- dis-honor,
- de-forms,
- de-base,
- de-faced,
- out-rages,
- de-grading,
- de faces,
- dis honored,
- de grading,
- dis grace,
- de mean,
- dis-honored,
- de-spoil,
- de moralizes,
- de file,
- dis honor,
- de filing,
- de files,
- de-meaning,
- re-duce,
- out rage,
- de face,
- de forming,
- de-formed,
- mis-using,
- dis honors,
- de-compose,
- mis-treating,
- de formed,
- de-moralizes,
- de spoiling,
- de-face,
- de cay,
- out-raged,
- DE Form,
- de faced,
- de spoils,
- de spoil,
- de-forming,
- de composing,
- de meaning,
- de-basing,
- re duce,
- de-faces,
- mis-used,
- dis figure,
- out rages,
- dis-figuring,
- de based,
- dis honoring,
- mis-treat,
- de grade,
- de-grade,
- mis-treats,
- de-spoiled,
- mis used,
- de moralized,
- de grades,
- de-grades,
- de-moralizing.
- de-flowered,
- going bad,
- went to hell,
- lived in gutter,
- lives the gutter,
- de flowers,
- goes to hell,
- de flower,
- be trays,
- de-flowering,
- de-flowers,
- going hell,
- be-trays,
- live gutter,
- living the gutter,
- leads astray,
- be-tray,
- lived in the gutter,
- de-flower,
- goes hell,
- de flowered,
- living in the gutter,
- living gutter,
- lived gutter,
- lives in the gutter,
- lives gutter,
- de flowering,
- lived the gutter,
- live the gutter,
- go hell,
- living in gutter,
- lives in gutter,
- went hell,
- live in gutter,
- going to hell,
- went bad,
- be tray.
- dis missing,
- de-mote,
- dis crowns,
- de-posing,
- gave heave ho,
- un-frocking,
- un-made,
- threw out on ear,
- runs out town,
- dis placing,
- dis-crowned,
- riding out rail,
- throws out ear,
- de posing,
- throws out on ear,
- riding out on rail,
- dis placed,
- rid out rail,
- dis-place,
- de pose,
- de-posed,
- de mote,
- gave heave-ho,
- un-making,
- un seats,
- un-crowns,
- froze out,
- running out town,
- de throning,
- give heave ho,
- giving heave-ho,
- threw out ear,
- ran out town,
- un makes,
- rode out on rail,
- un make,
- dis-crown,
- dis places,
- removing from office,
- freezing out,
- dis-placing,
- rides out on rail,
- un frocked,
- un-seating,
- de-motes,
- gives heaveho,
- gives heave ho,
- gave heaveho,
- un-crown,
- runs out of town,
- rides out rail,
- un-crowned,
- de-thrones,
- de-throne,
- un crowning,
- un crown,
- de posed,
- de-moting,
- de throned,
- drums out,
- de-throned,
- rode out rail,
- run out town,
- ride out rail,
- throwing out on ear,
- dis-missed,
- unfrocks,
- ran out of town,
- dis-places,
- throw out ear,
- un seated,
- freezes out,
- dis-crowning,
- dis-crowns,
- discrowns,
- giving heaveho,
- de throne,
- de motes,
- un-seat,
- giving heave ho,
- de moting,
- un seating,
- de-pose,
- un-seats,
- booted out,
- un-makes,
- give heaveho,
- un frocks,
- un-seated,
- running out of town,
- un-make,
- dis-placed,
- un seat,
- dis crowned,
- dis crown,
- un making,
- de thrones,
- un-frock,
- un-crowning,
- un-frocks,
- dis place,
- un-frocked,
- de-throning,
- throwing out ear,
- uncrowns,
- dis-missing,
- boots out,
- rid out on rail,
- un frock,
- dis missed,
- un crowns,
- un made,
- un crowned,
- un frocking,
- dis crowning,
- gives heave-ho.
- un-rigs,
- dis assembles,
- dis-assembling,
- dis-member,
- brake down,
- dis-mantling,
- dis-mantle,
- dis assembling,
- take pieces,
- un-rigging,
- dis mantle,
- takes pieces,
- parts out,
- dis-mount,
- un rigging,
- taking pieces,
- dis-mounting,
- dis-robe,
- un-rigged,
- denudating,
- dis mantling,
- un rig,
- dis-mantles,
- dis mantles,
- dis-mounted,
- took pieces,
- parting out,
- dis-mantled,
- dis mount,
- dis assemble,
- dis members,
- dis-robed,
- un-rig,
- breaks down,
- took to pieces,
- dis-robes,
- un rigged,
- dis robed,
- denudates,
- dis member,
- dis mounting,
- dis mounts,
- dis mounted,
- de-nude,
- un rigs,
- dis-mounts,
- taking to pieces,
- dis-robing,
- takes to pieces,
- dis assembled,
- dis-assembles,
- dis robing,
- broke down,
- dis membered,
- unrigs,
- dis robe,
- dis-assemble,
- unrigging,
- dis-assembled,
- dis-members,
- parted out,
- dis robes,
- de nude,
- de nudes,
- dis-membered,
- de-nudes,
- dis mantled.
- negate,
- oppose,
- disprove,
- overturn,
- belie,
- contradict,
- deny,
- contravene,
- rebut,
- refute,
- parry,
- defend.
- ex-terminates,
- over-thrown,
- over runs,
- ex terminated,
- up-ending,
- up ends,
- ex-terminated,
- up ended,
- bringing to ruin,
- over throwing,
- top pled,
- knocking over,
- bring ruin,
- ex terminates,
- up ending,
- over throw,
- over throws,
- over running,
- sub due,
- over-throws,
- sub jugate,
- up-ends,
- brought ruin,
- ex terminate,
- over-throw,
- over-powered,
- over powers,
- brings ruin,
- ex terminating,
- knocks over,
- ex-terminate,
- sub-due,
- sub-dues,
- over powered,
- over-throwing,
- brings to ruin,
- over-powering,
- sub dues,
- over powering,
- over thrown,
- over-power,
- ex-terminating,
- up-ended,
- over-threw,
- over threw.
- re moving,
- un build,
- scratched out,
- re-move,
- un building,
- un-builds,
- blows down,
- re-moves,
- un-building,
- un builds,
- scratches out,
- blowing down,
- re move,
- un-build,
- throws down,
- unbuilds,
- threw down,
- un-built,
- blew down,
- re moved,
- un built,
- casts down,
- re-moving,
- tears up,
- tare up.
- puts out of commission,
- puts out of action,
- putting out of commission,
- put out commission,
- threw monkey wrench into,
- throw a monkey wrench in to,
- throw monkey wrench in to,
- puts out commission,
- throwing a monkey wrench in to,
- throws a monkey wrench into,
- threw a monkey wrench in to,
- throws a monkey wrench in to,
- bollixes,
- throwing a monkey wrench into,
- throwing monkey wrench in to,
- put out action,
- putting out action,
- putting out of action,
- throw monkey wrench into,
- throwing monkey wrench into,
- threw monkey wrench in to,
- threw a monkey wrench into,
- throws monkey wrench into,
- putting out commission,
- throws monkey wrench in to,
- puts out action.
- de vitalizes,
- de vitalizing,
- de-vitalizing,
- de-vitalize,
- de vitalize,
- de-vitalized,
- de vitalized,
- de-vitalizes.
- faced about,
- re-turning,
- re-lapse,
- rechannelled,
- de-tracts,
- de-touring,
- de touring,
- re-channelling,
- de-toured,
- in-clines,
- changes position,
- in-versing,
- de-part,
- volteface,
- re directed,
- in versing,
- re-trace,
- de-parts,
- re trace,
- voltefacing,
- re channeled,
- re lapsed,
- in clines,
- re-turns,
- re-traced,
- volte faced,
- de-parting,
- trans-forms,
- re-traces,
- re-channel,
- shying away,
- re coiled,
- volte-facing,
- volte facing,
- re channels,
- de toured,
- de tour,
- facing about,
- de tract,
- re lapses,
- trans formed,
- trans-formed,
- re-turned,
- volte-faced,
- re-channelled,
- re-coil,
- re-channeled,
- re-channeling,
- about faced,
- re turns,
- re directing,
- in-versed,
- re traces,
- changing position,
- in-verse,
- re lapsing,
- re directs,
- de tracts,
- re-coiled,
- re tracing,
- re-lapsing,
- re-lapses,
- re coil,
- re channeling,
- re channel,
- Re-turn,
- voltefaces,
- trans-form,
- about facing,
- re-channels,
- re turn,
- re lapse,
- re turning,
- re-coils,
- re-lapsed,
- re-directs,
- re-directed,
- de parted,
- re coiling,
- re-tracing,
- de tours,
- de part,
- in versed,
- in cline,
- re-coiling,
- re direct,
- re channelling,
- in-cline,
- de parting,
- about face,
- re coils,
- re traced,
- de parts,
- de-tours,
- changed position,
- voltefaced,
- trans form,
- de-parted,
- trans-forming,
- faces about,
- de-tour,
- re-direct,
- re channelled,
- de-tract,
- re-directing,
- in verse,
- trans forming,
- shied away,
- inversing,
- trans forms,
- shies away.
- clip ones wings,
- ate away,
- whittled away,
- clipping wings,
- knocks bottom out of,
- clipping one's wings,
- clipped wings,
- clips one wings,
- digged out,
- under mining,
- poked full holes,
- knocked the bottom out of,
- whittles away,
- hollowing out,
- clips one's wings,
- poking full holes,
- knocks the bottom out of,
- poked full of holes,
- knocking bottom out of,
- clipped one's wings,
- pokes full of holes,
- clips ones wings,
- under cut,
- clipping one wings,
- clipped one wings,
- under cutting,
- under-mined,
- clipped ones wings,
- under mined,
- poking full of holes,
- hollows out,
- under cuts,
- knocking the bottom out of,
- clipping ones wings,
- pokes full holes,
- digging out,
- whittling away,
- knocked bottom out of,
- under-mining,
- poke full holes,
- ex-cavate,
- hollowed out,
- under-cut,
- clip one wings,
- ex cavate,
- under-cutting,
- digs out,
- clips wings,
- under-cuts,
- dug out.
- out fox,
- over reach,
- out-maneuvered,
- out smarting,
- re-verse,
- out smart,
- out maneuvered,
- out smarts,
- out-maneuver,
- un-done,
- un does,
- over-reaching,
- out-maneuvering,
- over reaching,
- out-fox,
- un settled,
- re-versed,
- un doing,
- re verse,
- out foxes,
- un settle,
- out-foxes,
- un settling,
- out maneuvering,
- out foxed,
- un-does,
- out maneuvers,
- out foxing,
- un-doing,
- un settles,
- over-reach,
- un-did,
- re versing,
- out smarted,
- un done,
- out-maneuvers,
- out-smarting,
- over-reaches,
- out-foxed,
- un did,
- over reached,
- over reaches,
- un-settle,
- making waves,
- out-smarts,
- un-settling,
- out-smart,
- out-foxing,
- un-settled,
- out-smarted.
- dis-arrayed,
- dis-array,
- dis arrayed,
- turned insideout,
- tipping over,
- turn topsy turvy,
- turned upsidedown,
- put out order,
- turning inside-out,
- dis organize,
- up turning,
- dis-organized,
- turning insideout,
- turn topsyturvy,
- de range,
- turns topsyturvy,
- dis-arrays,
- de ranging,
- over-set,
- turns topsy turvy,
- over sets,
- up-set,
- up turns,
- puts out order,
- turned upside-down,
- de ranges,
- turns insideout,
- puts out of order,
- dis organizes,
- de-ranging,
- turning topsy turvy,
- dis array,
- turned topsy-turvy,
- de ranged,
- Oversetting,
- oversets,
- turns topsy-turvy,
- over setting,
- up-turned,
- up turned,
- up-sets,
- up-setting,
- up setting,
- turning topsy-turvy,
- putting out of order,
- up sets,
- up-turn,
- over-sets,
- turns inside out,
- dis arraying,
- dis arrays,
- dis-organize,
- turning upside down,
- turns upside down,
- turned topsyturvy,
- dis-organizing,
- turns upside-down,
- turned topsy turvy,
- de-ranged,
- turning upsidedown,
- turn upsidedown,
- de-ranges,
- turning upside-down,
- up-turning,
- dis-organizes,
- turned inside-out,
- dis-arraying,
- de-range,
- turns upsidedown,
- tips over,
- turns inside-out,
- over-setting,
- turn insideout,
- dis organized,
- dis organizing,
- up-turns,
- turning topsyturvy,
- putting out order.
Other synonyms:
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- overbalance.
- bring to naught,
- blow sky high,
- prove wrong,
- prove false,
- knocks props out from under,
- Parried,
- proved wrong.
- uncrowned,
- upturning,
- live in the gutter,
- go back,
- freeze out,
- drumming out,
- dilapidate,
- volte-face,
- put an end to,
- over-runs,
- knocking down,
- torn up,
- denudate,
- sandbag,
- Shipwrecking,
- shunts,
- sheers,
- booting out,
- Shunting,
- inversed,
- rechannels,
- mowing down,
- unmakes,
- brought to ruin,
- throw out on ear,
- unrigged,
- remove from office,
- dynamited,
- unmake,
- put kibosh on,
- Discrowning,
- shunt,
- confute,
- clip wings,
- boot out,
- drum out,
- makes waves,
- Dilapidating,
- turn,
- Dynamiting,
- redirecting,
- Disarraying,
- disestablish,
- Sheering,
- throw down,
- taking apart,
- knocked down,
- Voided,
- wreck,
- overthrow,
- deprave,
- inverses,
- zigzags,
- Shunted,
- unbuilt,
- knocks down,
- queering,
- debauch,
- terminated,
- Zigzagged,
- eats away,
- face about,
- rechannel,
- queered,
- Bankrupted,
- run out of town,
- put the kibosh on,
- turn inside out,
- turn inside-out,
- unbuilding,
- scratching out,
- knock over,
- tear up,
- redirects,
- Discrown,
- turning inside out,
- upends,
- Suppressing,
- rotted,
- eat away,
- Stranding,
- removed from office,
- Uncrown,
- clip one's wings,
- sandbagged,
- over set,
- blow down,
- Trashed,
- maltreat,
- sandbagging,
- over-run,
- inhibits,
- unhorse,
- repudiate,
- bring to ruin,
- ride out on rail,
- nixing,
- cast down,
- infect,
- volte-faces,
- depose,
- zap,
- corrupt,
- Sapping,
- drummed out,
- piled up,
- put end to,
- grease palm,
- break down,
- disestablished,
- abolish,
- pile up,
- detouring,
- warp,
- triumph over,
- scratch out,
- removes from office,
- upending,
- queers,
- poke full of holes,
- Bankrupting,
- put out of order,
- turned inside out,
- unfrock,
- dilapidates,
- over turn,
- Beaching,
- knock the bottom out of,
- rechanneled,
- tearing up,
- whittle away,
- piles up,
- take apart,
- mowed down,
- mows down,
- out maneuver,
- disarrayed,
- rechannelling,
- sabotage,
- smash up,
- make waves,
- turn topsy-turvy,
- shipwrecks,
- knocked over,
- vanquish,
- turn upside down,
- tip over,
- shipwreck,
- unmaking,
- give heave-ho,
- wrack up,
- turned upside down,
- eating away,
- quash,
- took apart,
- dig out,
- ill-treat,
- go bad,
- Killed,
- raze,
- take to pieces,
- sandbags,
- pollute,
- setting aside,
- Discrowned,
- kill,
- change position,
- shy away,
- breaking down,
- turn upside-down,
- up turn,
- Illtreat,
- unfrocking,
- set aside,
- uncrowning,
- rechanneling,
- prohibit,
- mow down,
- denudated,
- knock bottom out of,
- Unrig,
- knock down,
- throwing down,
- upset,
- go to hell,
- Ejected,
- goes bad,
- lead astray,
- up set,
- redirected,
- expunge,
- poison,
- unfrocked,
- redirect,
- bringing ruin,
- sap,
- undo,
- hollow out,
- upend,
- led astray,
- Overset,
- ravaged,
- detoured,
- Zigzagging,
- Unbuild,
- part out,
- upended,
- tipped over,
- run aground,
- Sheered,
- casting down,
- suppress,
- leading astray,
- tore up,
- bankrupts,
- Quashed.
How to use "Subvert" in context?
When I think about subversive, I think about the word's dualistic root - sub andvert. This word captures the dualistic tension at the heart of many oppositions. Subversive activity challenges the status quo and undermines expectations. It is at once subversive and challenging.
This duality is the essence of subversive activity. It challenges people's preconceptions, assumptions and beliefs. It challenges the way they think, see the world and interact with it. It is an innovative, exploratory and rebellious act.
Subversion can be political or cultural.
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