Synonyms & related words for neotenous

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Words related to neotenous

Explore words related to neotenous — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include neotenic, pedomorphic, pedomorphism, neoteny, pedomorphosis, juvenilize, juvenescent, juvenile. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does neotenous come from?

The word neotenous breaks down into 3 roots of Greek and Latin origin: neo-, from Greek neos (“new, young, juvenile”); ten, from Greek teinein (“to stretch, extend, prolong”); and -ous, from Latin -osus (“full of, characterized by”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.