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 and divides as he-te-ro-ge-nous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.