neotenous

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characterized by neoteny

   “neotenic development”

   Synonymsneotenic

Questions about neotenous

What does neotenous mean?

neotenous means "of or relating to or characterized by neoteny".

How many syllables are in neotenous?

neotenous has 4 syllables: ne-o-te-nous. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for neotenous?

Close synonyms include neotenic. 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 neotenous a common word?

neotenous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.