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

Blue Bull transforms Maria Prymachenko’s 1947 painting into a massive UV-reactive mutant vehicle. — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Over in Marvel’s territory, the X-Men had their whole chronology readjusted when a time-traveling mutant killed off Professor Charles Xavier, allowing Apocalypse to run rampant. — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

Adjective

Marvel has spent the ensuing years gradually bringing mutant characters into the MCU while keeping the biggest names largely on the sidelines. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026 There’s an entire episode devoted to the faithful Nightcrawler defending his bigot half-brother, Graydon Creed, from the Acolytes of Magneto, another mutant group who see Magneto as a messiah. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mutant

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutant

Noun

Pity Strong couldn’t play the CEO after his bro-y 2024 mutation into MMA-fighting Marky Mark.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
This time, Jesse Eisenberg’s anxious and ambitious Mark Zuckerberg from the previous picture — a boyish anti-hero caught mid-mutation into a monster — has been replaced with Jeremy Strong’s practiced, performatively emotionless Zuckerberg.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of mutation

Adjective

Storm surges -- abnormal rise in sea level caused by storms -- could reach 7 feet in parts of the Mississippi and Alabama coasts, and up to 5 feet on the western Florida panhandle.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
While one form, or isomer, of thalidomide has a sedative effect, the other is thought to cause abnormal physiological development.

— Sajish Mathew, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of abnormal

Adjective

For instance, Cruz referred to the popular assumption that the NIL era must be causing schools to cancel sports at historically aberrant rates.

— Jason Kirk, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Sabatini suggested to the jury there were possible explanations for that aberrant behavior without settling on a specific reason.

— Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026

Definition of aberrant

Noun

The story begins in 1990, when John Eng, an endocrinologist at the Veterans Administration, isolated a peptide from the venom of Gila monsters, the nearly two-foot-long lizards native to the Southwest.

— Dr. Bowman Heiden, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Here the goal is to traverse a sprawling castle, defeating all kinds of monsters and gathering gear and experience points to get stronger.

— Andrew Webster, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of monster

Adjective

Junior linebacker Chris Cole might have the most potential of anyone on the roster, because the 6-foot-3, 235-pounder is a traits-heavy, front-seven hybrid with freakish athleticism.

— Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Many of the characters readers meet in Southern Gothic works like McCullers’ are freakish and brutal.

— Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of freakish

Noun

Reconcile your accounts and review reports Even if your books are current, anomalies and errors can creep in.

— Carson Brunson, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
And then there is another measure, made official by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration this year, that takes into account the relative temperature anomaly against the background of the warmer ocean from climate change.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of anomaly

Adjective

Now, my question was, this is a very asymmetric way of thinking about personal time.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
The scale of an investment such as this one is asymmetrical with the legal and administrative capacity of a small, rural community, said Anthony Pipa, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who studies development and policy in rural areas.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

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