heterogenous

Questions about heterogenous

What does heterogenous mean?

heterogenous means "consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in heterogenous?

heterogenous has 5 syllables: he-te-ro-ge-nous. The stress falls on "ro".

What is another word for heterogenous?

Close synonyms include heterogeneous, heterogeneous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of heterogenous?

The recorded antonyms are autogenous.

Is heterogenous a common word?

heterogenous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.