Hyphenation of detective

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

de-tec-tive

Definitions of detective :

1.
A police officer who investigates crimes
2.
An investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

Synonyms of detective :

noun investigator, tec, police detective, policeman, police officer, officer
noun investigator

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