Hyphenation of alcoholism

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

al-co-holism

Definitions of alcoholism:

1.	Habitual intoxication Prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
2.	An intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

Synonyms of alcoholism:

noun	alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness, drug addiction, white plague
noun	dipsomania, potomania, mania, passion, cacoethes

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.