diff --git a/lib/mutant.rb b/lib/mutant.rb
index 5e9a0e24..649fd75d 100644
--- a/lib/mutant.rb
+++ b/lib/mutant.rb
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ require 'mutant/killer/static'
 require 'mutant/killer/rspec'
 require 'mutant/killer/forking'
 require 'mutant/strategy'
+require 'mutant/strategy/method_expansion'
 require 'mutant/strategy/rspec'
 require 'mutant/strategy/rspec/example_lookup'
 require 'mutant/runner'
diff --git a/lib/mutant/strategy/method_expansion.rb b/lib/mutant/strategy/method_expansion.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96844809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/mutant/strategy/method_expansion.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+module Mutant
+  class Strategy
+    module MethodExpansion
+
+      # Run method name expansion
+      #
+      # @param [Symbol] name
+      #
+      # @return [Symbol]
+      #
+      # @api private
+      #
+      def self.run(name)
+        name = map(name) || expand(name)
+      end
+
+      # Return mapped name
+      #
+      # @param [Symbol] name
+      #
+      # @return [Symbol]
+      #   if name was mapped
+      #
+      # @return [nil]
+      #   otherwise
+      #
+      # @api private
+      #
+      def self.map(name)
+        OPERATOR_EXPANSIONS[name]
+      end
+      private_class_method :map
+
+      # Return expanded name
+      #
+      # @param [Symbol] name
+      #
+      # @return [Symbol]
+      #
+      # @api private
+      #
+      def self.expand(name)
+        METHOD_NAME_EXPANSIONS.inject(name) do |name, (regexp, expansion)|
+          name.to_s.gsub(regexp, expansion)
+        end.to_sym
+      end
+      private_class_method :expand
+
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/unit/mutant/strategy/method_expansion/class_methods/run_spec.rb b/spec/unit/mutant/strategy/method_expansion/class_methods/run_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2201b4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/unit/mutant/strategy/method_expansion/class_methods/run_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Mutant::Strategy::MethodExpansion, '.run' do 
+  subject { object.run(name) }
+
+  let(:object) { described_class }
+
+  context 'unexpandable and unmapped name' do
+    let(:name) { :foo }
+
+    it { should be(:foo) }
+  end
+
+  context 'expanded name' do
+
+    context 'predicate' do
+      let(:name) { :foo? }
+
+      it { should be(:foo_predicate) }
+    end
+
+    context 'writer' do
+      let(:name) { :foo= }
+
+      it { should be(:foo_writer) }
+    end
+
+    context 'bang' do
+      let(:name) { :foo! }
+
+      it { should be(:foo_bang) }
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  context 'operator expansions' do
+
+    Mutant::OPERATOR_EXPANSIONS.each do |name, expansion|
+      context "#{name}" do
+        let(:name) { name }
+
+        it "should expand to #{expansion}" do
+          should be(expansion)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+end