Hyphenation of mistress

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word mistress? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

mis-tress

Definitions of mistress:

1.	An adulterous woman A woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
2.	A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
3.	A woman master who directs the work of others

Synonyms of mistress:

noun	kept woman, fancy woman, woman, adult female, lover
noun	schoolmarm, schoolma'am, schoolmistress, schoolteacher, school teacher
noun	employer

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.