Definition for Mutation:

• 1. De Vries's term for the sudden production of a species, as distinguished from variation. 2. An inherited variation of a striking character.

Synonyms for Mutation:

• n.

  •
  • clone,
  • deoxyribonucleic acid,
  • cross-fertilize,
  • carry,
  • cross,
  • carrier,
  • chromosome,
  • cloning,
  • cross-fertilization.
  •
  • transubstantiation.
  •alteration (noun)
  • adjustment,
  • about-face,
  • accommodation,
  • switch,
  • exchange,
  • conversion,
  • difference,
  • reformation,
  • diversification,
  • shift,
  • fixing,
  • correction,
  • remodeling,
  • adaptation,
  • revision,
  • variance,
  • flip-flop,
  • amendment.
  •birth defect (noun)
  • congenital anomaly,
  • congenital defect,
  • deformity,
  • congenital malformation,
  • abnormality,
  • disability.
  •change (noun)
  • compression,
  • diversity,
  • reversal,
  • variety,
  • development,
  • refinement,
  • contraction,
  • distortion,
  • modulation,
  • alteration,
  • transition,
  • deviation,
  • modification,
  • variation,
  • reconstruction,
  • addition,
  • transformation,
  • transfiguration,
  • turnover,
  • revolution,
  • surrogate,
  • advance,
  • break,
  • tempering.
  •chromosomal mutation (noun)
  • chromosomal mutation.
  •congenital abnormality (noun)
  • birth defect.
  •deformity (noun)
  • malformation.
  •divergence (noun)
  • deflection,
  • separation,
  • divagation,
  • turning,
  • turnings,
  • dissimilitude,
  • departure,
  • unlikeness,
  • radiation,
  • distinction,
  • digression,
  • parting,
  • disparity,
  • aberration,
  • dissimilarity,
  • divergency,
  • otherness,
  • deflections,
  • discrepancy,
  • ramification,
  • detour,
  • crotch,
  • disagreeing,
  • Alterity,
  • fork,
  • Dissemblance,
  • varying,
  • division.
  •fickleness (noun)
  • indecisiveness,
  • Modifiability,
  • permutability,
  • fickleness,
  • volatility,
  • pliancy,
  • changeability,
  • plasticity,
  • unreliability,
  • fluctuation,
  • impulsiveness,
  • malleability,
  • flightiness,
  • inconstancy.
  •flux (noun)
  • instability,
  • flow,
  • unrest,
  • motion.
  •freak (noun)
  • curiosity,
  • oddity,
  • monster,
  • chimera,
  • sport,
  • rarity,
  • abortion,
  • grotesque,
  • queer,
  • Misshape.
  •genetic mutation (noun)
  • genetic mutation.
  •transfiguration (noun)
  • trans figurations,
  • trans figuration,
  • trans-figurations,
  • trans-figuration.
  •variance (noun)
  • dis-agreements,
  • in consistency,
  • dis sent,
  • dis-unity,
  • dis sents,
  • difference opinion,
  • dis unity,
  • dis-accord,
  • dis cords,
  • in-consistencies,
  • dis agreement,
  • dis-sent,
  • in-consistency,
  • dis-accords,
  • dis cord,
  • dis accords,
  • in consistencies,
  • dis-sents,
  • in-congruities,
  • dis-cord,
  • severings,
  • un-harmoniousness,
  • in congruities,
  • dis accord,
  • dis-cords,
  • un-harmoniousnesses,
  • un harmoniousness,
  • sunderings,
  • in congruity,
  • dis-agreement,
  • dis agreements,
  • un harmoniousnesses,
  • unharmoniousnesses,
  • in-congruity,
  • different stroke.
  •variation (noun)
  • Unconformity,
  • departure from the norm,
  • unconformities.
  •vicissitude (noun)
  • trans-positions,
  • un-certainty,
  • un-certainties,
  • trans positions,
  • un certainties,
  • trans position,
  • trans-position,
  • ups downs,
  • un certainty.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • transmogrification,
  • changeover.
  •
  • permutation.
  •
  • translation.
  •convert
  • mutate.

Paraphrases for Mutation:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    mutant, mutagenesis, evolution, transition, variation, assignment, shift, mutagenicity, flux, redeployment, rotation, variant.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    mutates.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    deployments.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    transformation, relocation.

Antonyms for Mutation:

• n.

  • divergence
    agreement, concord, convergence, sameness, accord, harmony.
  • flux
    constancy, stability, steadiness.
  • freak
    normality, ordinary, regular.
  • innovation
    habit, old, rut, old hat, custom, tradition.
  • mutation
    stagnation, inaction.
  • Other antonyms:
    fixedness, invariability, identity, firmness, persistence, permanence, continuance, fixity, uniformity, unchangeableness.

Mutation Sentence Examples:

• He takes Flat - fishes as an example, and suggests that having by mutation become asymmetrical, and having both eyes on one side, etc.

• Yet, though I storm at every change, And each mutation makes me wince, I am not shut to all things strange - I'm rather easy to convince.

Homophones for Mutation:

• manhattan, methane, madonna, midden, myotomy, maianthemum, mdma, manawyddan, meditation, mid-may, madden, mountain, Mt Etna, Mount Whitney, mountain man, moth-eaten, myodynia, muhammadan, methionine, menadione, maiden, mutton, matman, menhaden, mouton, monotone, meatman, motown, mohammedan, monodon, maintain, methenamine, mid-on, modem, muadhdhin, manawydan, Mount Etna, montanan, medina, montana, medan, mention, madam, mahatma, mountain anemone, metonym, muhammedan, meantime, matinee, mutiny, mantineia, myotonia, Mindanao, mean time, methadone, monotony, montane, metonymy, medium, mud hen, mundane, maintenon, monition, mitten, madame, munition, Mandean, Maundy Money, madman, mentation, muton, maiden name, minuteman, mithan, minden, methadon, mentum, median, mediation, mantinea, madwoman, Mutawa'een, man-to-man, motion, mow down, momentum, Mandaean.

Hyponym for Mutation:

• n.

  • event
    alteration, change, modification.