Synonyms for adaptation
ˌæd əpˈteɪ ʃənadap·ta·tion

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1. adaptation

   Synonyms:
   accommodation, adjustment, admeasurement, conformity, coincidence

   Antonyms:
   inconformity, incongruity, incompatibility, disharmony, misfit, malformation, mismeasurement

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1. adaptation, versionnoun

   a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

   "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"

   Synonyms:
   adaption, reading, translation, adjustment, interpretation, rendering, variant, variation, interlingual rendition, version, edition

2. adaptation, adaption, adjustmentnoun

   the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

   Synonyms:
   adaption, accommodation, adjustment, readjustment, modification, alteration, fitting, allowance, version, registration

3. adaptationnoun

   (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

   Synonyms:
   adjustment, version, adaption

Matched Categories

1. • Adjustment
   • Organic Process
   • Physiology
   • Writing

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1. contrafactum

   Submitted by anonymous on October 26, 2020  

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1. adaptationnoun

   Synonyms:
   fitness, suitableness, appropriateness, aptness, adaptability, accommodation, harmony

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1. adaptationnoun

   Synonyms:
   adjustment, conformability

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1. List of paraphrases for "adaptation":

   adapting, adjustment, adapt, adaptive, coping, retrofit, adaptations, tailoring, adaption, customization, accommodation, adaptability, adapted, alignment, 'adaptation, habilitation, adjusting, adjust, transition, adjustments

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1. Mr Stergiopoulos:

   We have demonstrated that two of the three most serious banana fungal diseases have become more virulent by increasing their ability to manipulate the banana’s metabolic path ways and make use of its nutrients, this parallel change in metabolism of the pathogen and the host plant has been overlooked until now and may represent a ‘ molecular fingerprint ’ of the adaptation process.

2. Leonardo DiCaprio:

   Two years ago, we found ourselves submerged deep in nature with all of its complications and all the beauty that it gave us cinematically, this film was about survival. It was about adaptation. It was about the triumph of the human spirit.

3. Jonas Jgermeyr:

   It primarily hits the northern breadbasket regions, while basically happening overnight compared to a gradual, long-term, systemic climate change where societies have potential for adaptation. In this case, cooling happens within a year, and we dont have the capacity to roll out new varieties of crops to adapt to a changed environment.

4. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa:

   Not only is it the first time in a long time that we present a long movie, it is also a film adaptation to one of the main works of our literature and our contemporary writers.

5. Kamiar Mohaddes:

   Without mitigation and adaptation policies, many countries are likely to experience sustained temperature increases relative to historical norms and suffer major income losses as a result.