MUTANT Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of mutant

as in mutation

biology a plant or animal that is different from other plants or animals of the same kind because of a change in the structure of its genes; something produced by genetic mutation

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adjective

as in abnormal

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Recent Examples of mutant

Noun

Baraka, the sharp-toothed mutant from the games. — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026 In this new show, unlikely friends Marsha and Wendy wrestle with the mysteries of the teenage heart (and dragons), while jumping between alchemy class, dodgeball and theater club in a melodrama about the unusual humans and mutants that attend an ailing public boarding school. — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 11 May 2026

Adjective

Daraxonrasib is an oral RAS(ON) multi-selective inhibitor designed to block signaling from both mutant and non-mutant RAS proteins. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026 And one track prominently features a country singer, a drastic departure from the usual Fire-Toolz mélange of screensaver EDM, Hypercolor death metal, blackened new age, and copious other mutant genres that usually don’t mix. — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for mutant

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutant

Noun

The virus spends approximately ten months of every year locked inside dormant mosquito eggs that overwinter beneath leaf litter and snow, with little to no viral replication, so few new mutations enter the population.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
That’s because Adamala’s team had to create genetic variation synthetically, instead of allowing for random mutations in DNA.

— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2026

Definition of mutation

Adjective

Despite 2025 delivering some of the warmest summer months on record, January brought some of the coldest winter temperatures in years, and Baker said the coral are being bred to handle both extremes, not just abnormal warmth.

— Laurie Mermet, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
In the disease, the body produces an abnormal form of the oxygen-carrying molecule hemoglobin.

— Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of abnormal

Noun

Sixteen-year-old Quin Duncan is a varsity lacrosse player in Wilmington is relieved to be back on the field after a bout with arteriovenous malformation (AVM).

— Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Along with epilepsy, Benjamin also has cerebral palsy, cortical visual impairment and severe vision impairment caused by underdeveloped optic nerves and malformations in the visual centers of his brain.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026

Definition of malformation

Adjective

Learning that these behaviors not only exist, but are prevalent in the animal kingdom, Page says, helps debunk what remains a widespread belief among certain humans that homosexuality and transgenderism are unnatural and aberrant.

— Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 19 June 2026
That Millett could not accept the continuation of normal life in the face of the aberrant murder of a stranger is evidence of her formidable sense of justice.

— Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 13 June 2026

Definition of aberrant

Adjective

So much of the talk so far has been about Kylian Mbappe and his freakish goals record in World Cups.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 27 June 2026
Each tableau is also illustrated with generative AI, resulting in freakish scenes rife with garbled text and hallucinated details, like a diminutive squad car parked inside a police station filled with surveillance feeds.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 24 June 2026

Definition of freakish

Noun

The encouraging sign is that AI can now help police what AI builders are doing through agent simulation, anomaly detection and better observability.

— Jason Andersen, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Yes, Your Friends & Neighbors got an Emmy nomination for outstanding drama series and nothing else, a strange anomaly, though far from the day’s strangest anomaly.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026

Definition of anomaly

Adjective

Meanwhile, for the New York premiere of Dutton Ranch, Stewart went for a more sophisticated look, pairing navy blue, open-toe espadrille platforms with an asymmetrical blazer and skinny jeans.

— Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
More recently, Swift has been photographed in Monse, wearing an asymmetrical little black dress designed by Kim and Garcia at Kelce's Tight End University event in Nashville on June 23.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 30 June 2026

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