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All subversive synonyms

sub·ver·sive
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noun subversive

  • backstabber — someone who attacks another deceitfully, behind his or her back
  • insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
  • objector — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
  • avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
  • mutineer — a person who mutinies.
  • infiltrator — to filter into or through; permeate.
  • iconoclast — a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
  • conspirator — A conspirator is a person who joins a conspiracy.
  • highbinder — a swindler; confidence man; cheat.
  • leftist — a member of the political Left or a person sympathetic to its views.
  • caballer — a person who cabals
  • colluder — to act together through a secret understanding, especially with evil or harmful intent.

adj subversive

  • demagogic — If you say that someone such as a politician is demagogic, you are criticizing them because you think they try to win people's support by appealing to their emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.
  • mutinous — disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority.
  • incendiary — used or adapted for setting property on fire: incendiary bombs.
  • anarchistic — An anarchistic person believes in anarchism. Anarchistic activity or literature promotes anarchism.
  • disloyal — false to one's obligations or allegiances; not loyal; faithless; treacherous.
  • dissentious — contentious; quarrelsome.
  • harmful — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
  • malefic — productive of evil; malign; doing harm; baneful: a malefic spell.

adjective subversive

  • iconoclastic — attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions, etc., as being based on error, superstition, or lack of creativity: an iconoclastic architect whose buildings are like monumental sculptures.
  • destabilising — Present participle of destabilise.
  • destabilizing — Present participle of destabilize.
  • insurrectionary — of, relating to, or of the nature of insurrection.
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