Hyphenation of counterfeit

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

coun-ter-feit

Definitions of counterfeit:

1.	A copy that is represented as the original
2.	Make a copy of with the intent to deceive He faked the signature They counterfeited dollar bills She forged a Green Card
3.	Not genuine Imitating something superior Counterfeit emotion Counterfeit money Counterfeit works of art A counterfeit prince

Synonyms of counterfeit:

adj	counterfeit, imitative, assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham, bad, forged, base, bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard, inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious, mock, ostensible, ostensive, pinchbeck, pseudo, synthetic, artificial, unreal, false, insincere, unreal
noun	imitation, forgery, copy
verb	forge, fake, re-create

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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.