Hyphenation of alternative

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word alternative? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

al-ter-na-tive

Definitions of alternative:

1.	One of a number of things from which only one can be chosen What option did I have? There no other alternative My only choice is to refuse
2.	Serving or used in place of another An alternative plan
3.	Necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities Alternative possibilities were neutrality or war
4.	Pertaining to unconventional choices An alternative life style

Synonyms of alternative:

adj	alternate, secondary
adj	mutually exclusive, disjunctive
adj	unconventional
noun	option, choice, decision making, deciding

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.