Synonyms of mutated

mutated

verb

past tense of mutate

as in changed

to pass from one form, state, or level to another

colored lights that slowly mutate from green to blue and so on across the color spectrum

Synonyms & Similar Words

• changed
• varied
• shifted
• fluctuated
• morphed
• metamorphosed
• snapped
• improved
• transmuted
• deteriorated
• worsened
• turned around
• bettered
• wavered
• vacillated
• teetered
• seesawed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stabilized
• plateaued

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mutated

Bobby remained on the trial for 29 weeks before his cancer mutated and began to evade the treatment. — Stat Staff, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026

And all the modern flu pandemics have been bird flu viruses that mutated to spread in humans. — Nat Lash, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026

Nowadays, the concept has mutated into something more like a full RV kitchen without the RV (or outside the RV), sometimes packed into a box burly enough to survive an active war zone. — New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

The Clash’s original line-up soldiered on until 1982, by which time punk rock had mutated into post-punk and new wave. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026

Of these, 16 of them proved to be viable and able to kill certain strains of Escherichia coli—including strains of the bacterium that had mutated to be resistant to the original reference genome of ΦX174. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026

The causes of superhero fatigue — which have recently arguably mutated into full-on franchise fatigue for many properties — have been endlessly discussed. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026

Like so much of language, serviceberry’s origins are a mish-mash of a few different things, mutated over time. — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 30 July 2026

The finding came from a study in which van der Weyden and other scientists across the world investigated cancer-causing genes in tumor samples of nearly 500 domestic cats -- specifically which genes were commonly mutated. — Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026