EGAVE

mutant

About 3.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun That which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.
  2. noun Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.
    Your neighbor seems to be a mutant; he’s so cringy!
  3. noun Synonym of mutex.
  4. noun A changed version of a program, developed as part of mutation testing.
  5. adjective Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.
    mutant DNA
  6. adjective Strange, abnormal, or bizarre.
    Your mutant brother just growled at me again!

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

mutants

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