subversion

Other forms of subversion

plural

subversions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about subversion

What does subversion mean?

subversion means "destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in subversion?

subversion has 3 syllables: sub-ver-sion. The stress falls on "ver". In IPA it is /səbˈvɝʒən/.

What is another word for subversion?

Close synonyms include corruption, subversive activity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subversion a common word?

subversion is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with subversion?

7 words rhyme with subversion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.