Synonyms for pervert
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Debauch
debauch, subvert, vitiate, debase, desecrate, profane, warp, misrepresent, degrade, falsify, misdirect, pollute, contaminate, deprave, defile, ravish, taint, violate, ravage, outrage, stain, demoralize dated UK US, demoralise UK
2. Twist — to misinterpret designedly
twist, distort, torture, misinterpret, bias, garble, color US, colour UK, wrench, skew, wring, wrest, strain, contort, detort dated
3. Misuse — to misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
4. Corrupt — to corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
Noun
1. Deviant
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
How could stopping someone from killing himself or herself "pervert the course of justice"?
- v. 2
To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
He has perverted his talents to dishonest gain.
- v. 3
to misinterpret designedly.
- n. 1
One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals.
Related words
- Word family
- perverty perverter perverse perversion
- Phrases
- pervert glasses
- Is a kind of
- aggravate debase influence mislead spoil
Choose the right word
Misemploy, misuse, and pervert are commonly applied to objects rather than to persons.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- profane Mixing the profane with the divine was Ginsberg's shtick.
- subvert Alana, stop trying to subvert the company goals.
- desecrate Sami went to great lengths to desecrate Layla's body.
- debauch The pirates wished to debauch him because of his beauty.
- torture His lecture on chemistry was nothing but torture.
- distort Get the facts first. You can distort them later.
By length
- 4 letters
- bias2, warp1, skew1, veer1
- 5 letters
- color2, abuse2, twist1, freak1, creep1, stain1, steer1, taint1, wring1, wrest1
- 6 letters
- colour2, strain1, misuse2, wrench1, divert2, seduce2, defile, ravage2, ravish, debase2, garble2, suborn, detort
- 7 letters
- torture2, corrupt2, violate3, outrage2, degrade2, distort2, deviate3, subvert2, profane2, deviant3, pollute2, falsify3, contort2, vitiate3
- 8 letters
- apostate3, misapply3
- 9 letters
- desecrate3, misdirect3, convolute3, misemploy
- 10 letters
- prostitute3, degenerate4, demoralize4, demoralise, backslider
- 11 letters
- contaminate4
- 12 letters
- misrepresent4, misinterpret4, sophisticate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bias2 = 2 syllables).