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heteronymous

heteronymous adjective: of, or relating to a heteronym.

Adjective

heteronymous (comparative more heteronymous, superlative most heteronymous)

  1. Of, or relating to a heteronym.
  2. Being different words, but having a common relationship, as in the case of brother and sister, which denote siblings.
  3. Heteronymous hemianopsia (blindness in the left side of one eye and the right side of the other eye)

heteronymous meaning in Tamil

heteronymous in Tamil

வேறுவேறான

Antonyms of heteronymous

Forms of heteronymous

comparativemore heteronymous
superlativemost heteronymous

Origin of heteronymous

From heteronym + -ous.

Words formed from heteronymous

Questions about heteronymous

What does heteronymous mean?
Heteronymous means of, or relating to a heteronym.
What is heteronymous in Tamil?
Heteronymous in Tamil is வேறுவேறான. See Heteronymous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heteronymous?
Heteronymous is an adjective.

Words near heteronymous in the dictionary

  1. heteronucleotide
  2. heteronucleotides
  3. heteronym
  4. heteronymic
  5. heteronymies
  6. heteronymous
  7. heteronymously
  8. heteronyms
  9. heteronymy
  10. heterooctamer
  11. heterooctameric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heteronymous (page history and authors); heteronymous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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