[syn: insurgent, seditious, subversive]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Subversive \Sub*ver"sive\, a. [Cf. F. subversif.]
Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin.
[1913 Webster]
Lying is a vice subversive of the very ends and design
of conversation. --Rogers.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
subversive
adj 1: in opposition to a civil authority or government [syn:
insurgent, seditious, subversive]
n 1: a radical supporter of political or social revolution [syn:
revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive,
subverter]