Hyphenation of obligatory

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

oblig-a-tory

Definitions of obligatory:

1.	Morally or legally constraining or binding Attendance is obligatory An obligatory contribution
2.	Required by obligation or compulsion or convention He made all the obligatory apologies

Synonyms of obligatory:

adj	obligatory, bounden, compulsory, mandatory, required, de rigueur, imposed, incumbent on, indispensable, prerequisite, necessary
adj	necessary

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.