Mutant

English

Noun

Mutant (plural Mutants)

1. Something which has mutated, which has one or more new characteristics from a mutation.
   • Your plaid fish are mutants.
2. (informal) Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.
   • I think your brother is a mutant; he’s so weird!

Adjective

Mutant (not comparable)

1. That has undergone mutation.
   • Your mutant fish are dying.
2. (informal) Strange, abnormal, or bizarre.
   • Your mutant brother just growled at me again!

Related terms

• mutate
• mutation

Thesaurus

altered, avatar, better, catabolism, catalysis, changeable, changed, consubstantiation, converted, degenerate, deviant, displacement, divergent, heterotopia, improved, metabolism, metagenesis, metamorphism, metamorphosed, metamorphosis, metastasis, metastasized, metathesis, metempsychosis, modified, mutated form, mutation, permutation, qualified, rebuilt, reformed, reincarnation, renewed, revived, revolutionary, sport, subversive, transanimation, transfiguration, transfigurement, transformation, transformed, transformism, translated, translation, translocation, transmigration, transmogrification, transmutation, transmuted, transposition, transubstantiation, unmitigated, worse

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmjuːtənt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmjuʔn̩t/