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Antonyms for subversives
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : suhb-vur-siv |
| Phonetic Transcription : səbˈvɜr sɪv |
Definition of subversives
Origin :- 1640s, from Latin subvers-, past participle stem of subvertere (see subvert) + -ive. As a noun, attested from 1887.
- As in radical : noun person who advocates significant, often extreme change
- As in fifth column : noun secret or subversive group
- As in mutineer : noun rebel
- As in terrorist : noun radical
- As in conspirator : noun schemer
- I was just trying to explain to you why the subversives are so dangerous.
- Extract from : « Security » by Poul William Anderson
- Is to give you the opposite end of the spectrum of subversives.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Synonyms for subversives
- accomplice
- agitator
- alarmist
- anarchist
- avant-garde
- backstabber
- betrayer
- bomber
- caballer
- collaborator
- collaborators
- collaborators of enemy
- colluder
- extremist
- fanatic
- firebrand
- freethinker
- goon
- highbinder
- iconoclast
- infiltrators
- insurgent
- insurrectionist
- left-winger
- leftist
- militant
- mutineer
- nihilist
- nonconformist
- objector
- pacifist
- plotter
- progressive
- radical
- rebel
- reformer
- renegade
- revolter
- revolutionary
- rioter
- saboteurs
- secessionist
- subversive
- subversives
- thug
- traitor
- Trojan horse
- ultraist
- underground
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