heteronymous

[ het-uh-ron-uh-muhs ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
2. having different names, as a pair of correlatives:

   Father and son are heteronymous relatives.

Other Words From

• heter·ony·mous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of heteronymous¹

First recorded in 1725–35, heteronymous is from the Late Greek word heterṓnymos having a different name. See heteronym, -ous