isomorphous

1. 1.

   having similar appearance but genetically different

   Synonymsisomorphic

   biology

Questions about isomorphous

What does isomorphous mean?

isomorphous means "having similar appearance but genetically different".

How many syllables are in isomorphous?

isomorphous has 4 syllables and divides as i-so-mor-phous 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 isomorphous?

Close synonyms include isomorphic. 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 isomorphous a common word?

isomorphous 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.