Hyphenation of general

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

gen-er-al

Definitions of general:

1.
A general officer of the highest rank
2.
The head of a religious order or congregation
3.
A fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
He discussed the general but neglected the particular
4.
Command as a general
We are generaled by an incompetent!
5.
Applying to all or most members of a category or group
The general public General assistance A general rule In general terms Comprehensible to the general reader
6.
Not specialized or limited to one class of things
General studies General knowledge
7.
Prevailing among and common to the general public
The general discontent
8.
Affecting the entire body
A general anesthetic General symptoms
9.
Somewhat indefinite
Bearing a general resemblance to the original A general description of the merchandise
10.
Of worldwide scope or applicability
An issue of cosmopolitan import The shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time- Christopher Morley Universal experience

Synonyms of general:

adj general, as a whole, at large, in general, at-large, broad, unspecific, generalized, generalised, general-purpose, all-purpose, generic, gross, mass, large-scale, miscellaneous, overall, pandemic, pervading, pervasive, widespread, plain, popular, comprehensive, imprecise, indiscriminate, unspecialized, unspecialised
adj undiversified, unvaried
adj national
adj common
adj general, generalized, generalised, systemic
adj imprecise
adj cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, universal, worldwide, comprehensive
nounfull general, general officer
nounsuperior general, head, chief, top dog
noun fact
verb command

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