Dictionary Definition
subvert
Verb
1 cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was
overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class" [syn: overthrow, overturn, bring
down]
2 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, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect]
3 destroy property or hinder normal operations;
"The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" [syn:
sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, weaken]
4 destroy completely; "we must not let our civil
liberties be subverted by the current crisis"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
subvertere, literally "to turn from under".Verb
- To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
- To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
- To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
Related terms
Translations
corrupt
- German: korrumpieren, zerrütten
- Italian: corrompere
- Portuguese: subverter
upturn convention by undermining it
- German: untergraben, unterlaufen
- Portuguese: subverter
Etymology 2
, by analogy with advert.Noun
- An advertisement created by subvertising.
Extensive Definition
Subvert may refer to:
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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