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

1 sense of polyploid

Sense 1
polyploid -- ((genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes)
       => organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

Antonyms of adj polyploid

1 sense of polyploid

Sense 1
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")

haploid (vs. diploid) (vs. polyploid), haploidic, monoploid -- (of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes)
diploid (vs. polyploid) (vs. haploid) -- (of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number; "diploid somatic cells")

Similarity of adj polyploid

1 sense of polyploid

Sense 1
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")