subverter

noun

Definition of subverternext
as in traitor

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subverter
  1. traitor
  2. collaborator
  3. subversive
  4. sellout
  5. turncoat
  6. quisling
  7. betrayer
  8. conspirator
Noun
  • Rinna, a fellow traitor and the person who helped Rausch secure the bag, had similarly been crossed by him, twice.
    — The Deadline Team, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
  • His tenure was upended by the arrest of Aldrich Ames, a CIA traitor.
    — Bob Drogin, Washington Post, 22 July 2026
Definition of traitor
Noun
  • While the technology is still evolving, AI is clearly moving from being a coding assistant to becoming an autonomous collaborator.
    — Son Nguyen, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • To honor their late friend and collaborator Robert Michael Morris, Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King needed divine intervention.
    — Lisa Kudrow, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of collaborator
Noun
  • Kristen Stewart loves to be a little subversive with her fashion choices.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 23 June 2026
  • The seamless integration of old and new feels stealthy, and a touch subversive, a doubling-down on the museum’s approach to time as nonlinear, sinuous and delightfully slippery.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Definition of subversive
Noun
  • Another sellout crowd at Chase Center cheered the team to its 15th win in the last 17 games overall — among those fans Warriors star Stephen Curry, son Canon, and some teammates.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Another sellout crowd at Chase Center cheered the team to its 15th win in the last 17 games overall - among those fans Warriors star Stephen Curry, son Canon, and some teammates.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of sellout
Noun
  • The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But the result is that a fair number of former Sanders allies or staffers have turned out to be MAGA turncoats, cranks, or washed out of politics altogether.
    — Ryan Cooper, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2026
Definition of turncoat
Noun
  • It is aided in its unceasing efforts to gain more power and undermine our institutions and rights by a Congress in which quislings claim a majority.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026
  • But the president's new FTC chair, Andrew Ferguson, is an outspoken Big Tech critic on X and is signaling the panel won't be stacked with pro-industry quislings.
    — Marc Caputo, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
Definition of quisling
Noun
  • The inferno that follows, as the betrayer’s dragon sets fire to both armies and then Tumbleton itself, will be rendered with both practical flames and CGI.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Then go ahead and depict the country’s prime minister as the betrayer of Christ.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Definition of betrayer
Noun
  • Hugh is murdered in the street by Jon Roxton, one of the conspirators, but the bowl-cut-sporting swordsman already had a big duel with Daemon in the first Battle of Tumbleton, so maybe somebody else will get the honors.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • His co-conspirator, San Francisco resident Micah-Luc Almeida, 47, was sentenced to three years in federal prison after being charged with possession with intent to distribute MDA.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of conspirator
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“Subverter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subverter. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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