hetero-

Meaning

1. (morpheme) Varied, heterogeneous; a set that has variety with respect to the root.
2. (morpheme) Heterocyclic: a cyclic compound with multiple elements in its ring. The non-carbon atoms are known as heteroatoms.
3. (morpheme) A heterogeneous mixture.
4. (morpheme) Across, spanning multiple distinct kinds of the root, different.
5. (morpheme) Straight, heterosexual.
6. (morpheme) Other, by another.
7. (morpheme) Opposite in direction or position.
8. (morpheme) Outside; Synonym of xeno-.
9. (morpheme) Asymmetric in shape.
10. (morpheme) Inconsistent, irregular, or intermittent.
11. (morpheme) Alternating.

Opposite of

auto-, homo-

Synonyms

hetero

heter-

Translations

hetero-

ετερο-

hétéro-

hetero-

hetero-

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”).