Hyphenation of essential

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

es-sen-tial

Definitions of essential:

1.	Anything indispensable Food and shelter are necessities of life The essentials of the good life Allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions A place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained
2.	Absolutely necessary Vitally necessary Essential tools and materials Funds essential to the completion of the project An indispensable worker
3.	Basic and fundamental The essential feature
4.	Of the greatest importance The all-important subject of disarmament Crucial information In chess cool nerves are of the essence
5.	Being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc Essential oil
6.	Defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established Substantive law

Synonyms of essential:

adj	indispensable, necessary
adj	essential, basal, basic, primary, biogenic, constituent, constitutional, constitutive, organic, must, no-frills, staple, substantial, substantive, in essence, virtual, vital, life-sustaining, crucial, important, important, of import, indispensable, intrinsic, intrinsical, necessary, primary, unexpendable
adj	all-important, all important, crucial, of the essence, important, of import
adj	substance, matter
adj	substantive
adj	unexpendable
noun	necessity, requirement, requisite, necessary, thing

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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.