Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun diploid

1 sense of diploid

Sense 1
diploid -- ((genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number)
       => organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

Antonyms of adj diploid

1 sense of diploid

Sense 1
diploid (vs. polyploid) (vs. haploid) -- (of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number; "diploid somatic cells")

polyploid (vs. haploid) (vs. diploid) -- (of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes; "a polyploid cell"; "a polyploid species")
        => triploid -- (of a cell or organism having three complete sets of chromosomes; "human triploid fetuses are usually spontaneously aborted")
haploid (vs. diploid) (vs. polyploid), haploidic, monoploid -- (of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes)

Similarity of adj diploid

1 sense of diploid

Sense 1
diploid (vs. polyploid) (vs. haploid) -- (of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number; "diploid somatic cells")