Hyphenation of distinctive

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

dis-tinc-tive

Definitions of distinctive:

1.	Of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor- Curtis Wilkie That is typical of you!
2.	Capable of being classified

Synonyms of distinctive:

adj	typical, characteristic
adj	classifiable, identifiable
adj	distinguishing, identifying, characteristic

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.