Hyphenation of adulterous

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word adulterous? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

adul-ter-ous

Definitions of adulterous:

1.	Characterized by adultery An adulterous relationship Extramarital affairs The extracurricular activities of a philandering husband
2.	Not faithful to a spouse or lover Adulterous husbands and wives A two-timing boyfriend

Synonyms of adulterous:

adj	extramarital, extracurricular, illicit
adj	cheating, two-timing, unfaithful

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.