PERVERT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PERVERT?

Need another word that means the same as “pervert”? Find 37 synonyms and 30 related words for “pervert” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Pervert” are: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, profane, subvert, vitiate, abuse, misuse, convolute, sophisticate, twist, twist around, distort, warp, bend, divert, deflect, misapply, misrepresent, misinterpret, misconstrue, falsify, garble, lead astray, make degenerate, pollute, poison, contaminate, degenerate, deviant, deviate, debauchee, perverted person

Pervert as a Noun

Definitions of "Pervert" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “pervert” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior.
• A person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable.

Synonyms of "Pervert" as a noun (5 Words)

debauchee	A dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained.
degenerate	An immoral or corrupt person. Get out of my house you degenerate.
deviant	A deviant person or thing. Killers deviants and those whose actions are beyond most human comprehension.
deviate	A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior. The whole affair offers revealing insights into attitudes towards sexual deviates.
perverted person	A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior.

Pervert as a Verb

Definitions of "Pervert" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “pervert” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
• Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive.
• Lead (someone) away from what is considered natural or acceptable.
• Distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something.
• Change the inherent purpose or function of something.

Synonyms of "Pervert" as a verb (32 Words)

abuse	Assault (someone, especially a woman or child) sexually. The referee was abused by players from both teams.
bend	Bend a joint. The road bends.
contaminate	Make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance. Celebrity has contaminated every aspect of public life.
convolute	Curl, wind, or twist together.
corrupt	Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. Socrates was accused of corrupting young men.
debase	Corrupt debase or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. The love episodes debase the dignity of the drama.
debauch	Seduce (a woman. He has debauched the morals of the people and endeavoured to corrupt parliament.
deflect	Impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball. The bullet was deflected harmlessly into the ceiling.
demoralise	Lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted.
demoralize	Lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted. The General Strike had demoralized the trade unions.
deprave	Make (someone) immoral or wicked. This book would deprave and corrupt young children.
distort	Become twisted out of shape. The pipe will distort as you bend it.
divert	Send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one. Although the audience members were diverted by this new symphony critics disliked it.
falsify	Insert words into texts often falsifying it thereby. Falsify the data.
garble	Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story. The connection was awful and kept garbling his voice.
lead astray	Be in charge of.
make degenerate	Consider as being.
misapply	Apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly. You are misapplying the name of this religious group.
misconstrue	Interpret in the wrong way. My advice was deliberately misconstrued.
misdirect	Use or apply (something) wrongly or inappropriately. He misdirected a shot.
misinterpret	Interpret in the wrong way. I think you re misinterpreting the situation.
misrepresent	Give a false or misleading account of the nature of. You are misrepresenting the views of the government.
misuse	Change the inherent purpose or function of something. The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers.
poison	Adulterate or contaminate with poison. Hunters would use the sap of monkshood to poison their spears.
pollute	Contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances. The industrial wastes polluted the lake.
profane	Violate the sacred character of a place or language. Profane the name of God.
sophisticate	Make someone or something more sophisticated. Books of casuistry which sophisticate the understanding and defile the heart.
subvert	Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. We must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis.
twist	Twist or pull violently or suddenly especially so as to remove something from that to which it is attached or from where it originates. Don t twist my words.
twist around	Twist suddenly so as to sprain.
vitiate	Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of. Development programmes have been vitiated by the rise in population.
warp	In weaving arrange yarn so as to form the warp of a piece of cloth. Moisture had warped the box.

Usage Examples of "Pervert" as a verb

• Hector is a man who is simply perverted by his time.
• He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

Associations of "Pervert" (30 Words)

aberrant	Markedly different from an accepted norm. This somewhat aberrant behaviour requires an explanation.
debauch	Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. He debauches the doctor s teenage daughter.
degenerate	Lacking some usual or expected property or quality. The debate degenerated into a brawl.
depraved	Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good. This city is depraved.
depravity	A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice. Its brothels its opium parlors its depravity.
derail	Obstruct (a process) by diverting it from its intended course. The train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks.
deteriorate	Become progressively worse. His mind deteriorated.
deviant	A deviant person or thing. Killers deviants and those whose actions are beyond most human comprehension.
deviate	A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior. The whole affair offers revealing insights into attitudes towards sexual deviates.
devolve	Pass into (a different state, especially a worse one); degenerate. The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital.
digress	Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking. She always digresses when telling a story.
distort	Become twisted out of shape. Many factors can distort the results.
escape	Escape potentially unpleasant consequences get away with a forbidden action. They tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe.
garble	A garbled account or transmission. Most readers assumed the word was a typographical garble.
kink	Form a curl curve or kink. Though the system is making some headway there are still some kinks to iron out.
lascivious	Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires. He gave her a lascivious wink.
misdirect	Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions. Their efforts have been largely misdirected.
misguide	Give bad advice to. A long survey that can only baffle and misguide the general reader.
mislead	Give false or misleading information to. The government misled the public about the road's environmental impact.
misuse	The wrong or improper use of something. A misuse of power.
perverse	Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good. Kate s perverse decision not to cooperate held good.
reprobate	(in Calvinism) a sinner who is not of the elect and is predestined to damnation. God reprobated the unrepenting sinner.
slew	Of an electronic device undergo slewing. A slew of journalists.
swerve	An abrupt change of direction. O Hara swerved the motorcycle round the corner.
twist	Turning or twisting around in place. It was soon time for the next twist of fate in his extraordinary career.
veer	Shift to a clockwise direction. The motorbike veered to the right.
wrench	Turn something especially a nut or bolt with a wrench. You will need a wrench to tighten it in position.
wrong	Treat unjustly do wrong to. I was trying to teach my children right from wrong.