subvert

subvert is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
2. transitive verb. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
3. intransitive verb. To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive.
4. verb. destroy completely

   "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"

5. verb. cause the downfall of; of rulers

   "The Czar was overthrown"

   "subvert the ruling class"

   Synonyms: overthrow, overturn

6. verb. destroy property or hinder normal operations

   "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

   Synonyms: counteract, countermine, sabotage, undermine, weaken

7. verb. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

   "debauch the young people with wine and women"

   "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"

   Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate

Synonyms

overthrow, overturn, counteract, countermine, sabotage, undermine, weaken, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate

Common word forms

subverts, subverted, subverter, subverting

Words from these letters

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