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. Robert Spicer:

   Here we have preserved in amber all the details of one such early flower just at the time when flowering plants begin to spread across the globe, and it shows superb adaptation to seasonally dry environments that supports vegetation exposed to frequent wildfires.

2. The UNECE:

   The adaptation to climate change of transport infrastructure has received very little attention so far and this is precisely what we want to change with this study.

3. Mariana Kersh:

   Bone adaptation usually occurs in response to dynamic repetitive movements that the body is not accustomed to seeing, the strain on the bone must also be of sufficient magnitude( higher than usual) to induce adaptation. With what we know about how bone responds to mechanical loading, changing posture alone would likely not result in bone changes, especially within a single lifetime.

4. Lawrence Szarka:

   We think that a nauseated feeling is an evolutionary adaptation to eject food that was rotten or toxic.

5. Mark Redwood:

   When you speak of adaptation in a business setting, people's eyes glaze over ... but if you speak about business continuity and protecting supply chains, that resonates very well.