| Meaning | Consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature. |
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| Example | "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous" |
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| Synonym | heterogenous |
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| Narrower | assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry | consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds |
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| disparate | Including markedly dissimilar / dissimilar elements |
| inhomogeneous, nonuniform | not homogeneous |
| See also | different | Unlike in nature or quality or form or degree |
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| diversified | Having variety of character or form or components |
| varied | Characterized by variety |
| Opposite | homogeneous, homogenous | All of the same or similar / similar kind or nature |
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| Spanish | diverso, heterogéneo |
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| Catalan | heterogeni |
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| Nouns | heterogeneity, heterogeneousness | the quality of being diverse and not comparable / comparable in kind |
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