Heteronymous
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Heteronymous is an adjective meaning Of, or relating to a heteronym.
Meaning
Of, or relating to a heteronym.
More Meanings
- Being different words, but having a common relationship, as in the case of brother and sister, which denote siblings.
- (ophthalmology) Heteronymous hemianopsia (blindness in the left side of one eye and the right side of the other eye)
Antonyms for heteronymous
Common opposites include homonymous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hemianopia, hemianopsia, diplopia, homonymous, heteromeric, holonymous.
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