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heterogeneous

het·er·o·ge·ne·ous

heterogeneous

 
 
pronunciation:
he t ro ji ni s [or] he t ro jin ys
features:
Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: made up of parts or members that differ from each other. (Cf. homogeneous.)
The dogs at the shelter form a heterogeneous group ranging from boxers to bulldogs to chihuahuas.
antonyms:
homogeneous
definition 2: different in nature; not belonging together; incongruous.
antonyms:
homogeneous
similar words:
miscellaneous
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)heterogeneous culturally, essentially, ethnically, extremely, highly, ideologically, increasingly, more, necessarily, particularly, racially, radically, religiously, seemingly, significantly, socially, together, truly
(adj.)heterogeneous + adverb poorly, ultimately
(adj.)heterogeneous + noun achievement, background, character, class, classroom, coalition, collection, community, composition, content, context, contrast, culture, discourse, discussion, disorder, distribution, diversity, electorate, element, enhancement, environment, group, grouping, habitat, identity, landscape, learner, mass, material, meaning, membership, mix, mixture, mode, modeling, movement, nature, neighborhood, notion, object, origin, outcome, patch, phenomenon, population, region, runner, sample, setting, society, soil, structure, student, task, unity, variability, variation, variety, vegetation, whole, youth [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivations: heterogeneously (adv.), heterogeneousness (n.)
Word Parts  About this feature
The word heterogeneous contains the following parts:
hetero Greek root that means different, other
synonyms:
ali, allo, all
antonyms:
homo, homeo, omal, iso-