Meanings
adjectiveheteronymous (comparative more heteronymous, superlative most heteronymous)
comparative more heteronymous · superlative most heteronymous
- Of, or relating to a heteronym.
- Being different words, but having a common relationship, as in the case of brother and sister, which denote siblings.
- medicineHeteronymous hemianopsia (blindness in the left side of one eye and the right side of the other eye)
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Also see
Origin
- Englishheteronym
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Englishheteronymous
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with heteronymous
anonymoussynonymouspseudonymoushomonymousallonymousantonymousautonymousholonymoushyponymousmeronymousorthonymousparonymouspolyonymous
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APA
heteronymous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteronymous
MLA
“heteronymous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteronymous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heteronymous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteronymous.
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