asexual reproduction

1. 1.

   reproduction without the fusion of gametes

   Synonymsagamogenesis

   Broaderreproduction

   Narrowerapomixisblastogenesisbuddingfissionfissiparitymonogenesisparthenogenesispullulation

Questions about asexual reproduction

What does asexual reproduction mean?

asexual reproduction means "reproduction without the fusion of gametes".

What is another word for asexual reproduction?

Close synonyms include agamogenesis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is asexual reproduction a common word?

asexual reproduction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.