Synonyms of mutants

mutants

noun

plural of mutant

as in mutations

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

Related Words

• mutations
• malformations
• abnormalities
• anomalies
• monsters
• monstrosities
• freaks
• weirdos
• eccentrics
• deviants
• nuts
• crackpots
• oddballs
• kooks
• miscreations
• aberrants
• characters
• screwballs
• cranks
• singularities
• mavericks
• individualists
• aberrations
• nonconformists
• crackbrains
• peculiarities
• irregularities
• exceptions
• curiosities
• rarities
• oddities

Dissimilar Words

• specimens
• samples
• standards
• normals
• norms
• averages
• commonplaces
• pars
• usuals

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mutants

Reuniting with longtime collaborator Jake Schreier and writing alongside The Bear‘s Joanna Calo, Lee said the team is approaching the iconic mutants by putting their humanity ahead of spectacle. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 8 July 2026

But these genes were not mutants to start with in the human embryos that Egli’s team edited. — Paul Knoepfler, STAT, 24 June 2026

Hugh Jackman has fought mutants, slayed vampires and gone toe-to-toe dancing with Zac Efron. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 June 2026

The post-apocalyptic horror film stars Will Smith as a virologist and the last living human in a New York ravaged by a plague that turns humans into vampiric mutants. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 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

By selectively keeping and replanting the mutants, ancient humans gained the first cereal crops. — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026

Looking at the data that has been gathered – particularly in the last 20 years – the Chornobyl disaster has not created a habitat of mutants but a surprisingly abundant wildlife (and dog) sanctuary. — New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2025

One study of yellow mutants of three deciduous species, for example, found that more nitrogen was left behind in their yellow leaves than in the normal red leaves. — Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025