1. In opposition to a civil authority or government
   "They were arrested for distributing subversive literature";
   - insurgent, seditious

1. A radical supporter of political or social revolution
   "The young subversive distributed pamphlets calling for the overthrow of the government";
   - revolutionist, revolutionary, subverter

Derived forms: subversives

See also: disloyal

Type of: rad [informal], radical

Encyclopedia: Subversive