Hyphenation of elderly

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

el-der-ly

Definitions of elderly:

1.	People who are old collectively Special arrangements were available for the aged
2.	Advanced in years (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) Aged members of the society Elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper Senior citizen

Synonyms of elderly:

adj	aged, older, senior, old

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.