homological

1. 1.

   similar in evolutionary origin but not in function

   Synonymshomologic

   Similarhomologous

   biology

Questions about homological

What does homological mean?

homological means "similar in evolutionary origin but not in function".

How many syllables are in homological?

homological has 5 syllables: ho-mo-lo-gi-cal. The stress falls on "lo".

What is another word for homological?

Close synonyms include homologic. 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.

Is homological a common word?

homological 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.