Hyphenation of impediment

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word impediment? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

im-ped-i-ment

Definitions of impediment:

1.	Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
2.	Any structure that makes progress difficult

Synonyms of impediment:

noun	hindrance, deterrent, balk, baulk, check, handicap, difficulty
noun	obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impedimenta, structure, construction

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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.