Hyphenation of precarious

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

pre-car-i-ous

Definitions of precarious:

1.	Affording no ease or reassurance A precarious truce
2.	Fraught with danger Dangerous waters A parlous journey on stormy seas A perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat The precarious life of an undersea diver Dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery
3.	Not secure Beset with difficulties A shaky marriage

Synonyms of precarious:

adj	unstable, uneasy
adj	parlous, perilous, touch-and-go, dangerous, unsafe
adj	insecure
adj	shaky, insecure, unsafe

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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.