'Subvert' definitions:
Definition of 'subvert'
From: WordNet
verb
Cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class" [syn: overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring down]
verb
Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect]
verb
Destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" [syn: sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken]
verb
Destroy completely; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"
Definition of 'Subvert'
From: GCIDE
- Subvert \Sub*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Subverting.] [L. subvertere, subversum; sub under + vertere to turn: cf. F. subvertir. See Verse.]
- 1. To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. [1913 Webster]
- These are his substance, sinews, arms, and strength, With which he yoketh your rebellious necks, Razeth your cities, and subverts your towns. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- This would subvert the principles of all knowledge. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound. --2 Tim. iii. 14. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To overturn; overthrow; destroy; invert; reverse; extinguish. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Subvert'
From: GCIDE
- Subvert \Sub*vert"\, v. i. To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive. [1913 Webster]
- They have a power given to them like that of the evil principle, to subvert and destroy. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'subvert'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- alienate,
- alter,
- ameliorate,
- answer,
- answer conclusively,
- argue down,
- arise,
- better,
- brainwash,
- break up,
- capsize,
- careen,
- change,
- confound,
- confute,
- contradict,
- controvert,
- convert,
- corrupt,
- counterindoctrinate,
- crush,
- culbuter,
- debase,
- defeat,
- deform,
- demolish,
- denature,
- deny,
- deprave,
- destroy,
- dismiss,
- dispose of,
- diversify,
- finish,
- fit,
- floor,
- honeycomb,
- improve,
- indoctrinate,
- insurge,
- insurrect,
- keel over,
- meliorate,
- mitigate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mount the barricades,
- mutate,
- mutineer,
- mutiny,
- nonplus,
- overset,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- overwhelm,
- parry,
- pervert,
- put to silence,
- qualify,
- re-create,
- realign,
- rebel,
- rebuild,
- rebut,
- reconstruct,
- redesign,
- reduce to silence,
- refit,
- reform,
- refute,
- reindoctrinate,
- reluct,
- reluctate,
- remake,
- renew,
- reshape,
- restructure,
- revamp,
- revive,
- revolt,
- revolute,
- revolution,
- revolutionize,
- ring the changes,
- riot,
- rise,
- rise up,
- ruin,
- run riot,
- sabotage,
- sap,
- sap the foundations,
- settle,
- shift the scene,
- shuffle the cards,
- shut up,
- silence,
- smash all opposition,
- squash,
- squelch,
- strike,
- throw down,
- throw over,
- tip over,
- topple,
- topple over,
- topsy-turvify,
- topsy-turvy,
- turn a somersault,
- turn over,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn topsy-turvy,
- turn turtle,
- turn upside down,
- undermine,
- upend,
- upset,
- upturn,
- vary,
- weaken,
- win away,
- work a change,
- worsen,
- wreck