Hyphenation of complementary

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

com-ple-men-tary

Definitions of complementary :

1.
Either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)
Yellow and blue are complementaries
2.
Of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
`male' and `female' are complementary terms
3.
Acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)

Synonyms of complementary :

adj complemental, completing, inessential, unessential
adj antonymous
adj interchangeable, reciprocal, reciprocal, mutual
nouncomplementary color, chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour

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