mutant

1. 1.

   tending to undergo or resulting from mutation

   “a mutant gene”

Other forms of mutant

plural

mutants·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mutant

What does mutant mean?

mutant means "(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mutant?

mutant has 2 syllables: mu-tant. The stress falls on "mu". In IPA it is /ˈmjutənt/.

What is another word for mutant?

Close synonyms include mutation, variation, sport. 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 mutant a common word?

mutant is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.