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: i-so-mor-phous. The stress falls on "so".

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.