Hyphenation of protective

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

pro-tec-tive

Definitions of protective:

1.	Intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind A protective covering The use of protective masks and equipment Protective coatings Kept the drunken sailor in protective custody Animals with protective coloring Protective tariffs
2.	Showing care A protective mother
3.	(usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful Protective of his reputation

Synonyms of protective:

adj	protective, antifouling, conserving, preserving, contraceptive, prophylactic, antifertility, custodial, guardian, tutelary, tutelar, defensive, evasive, overprotective, preservative, protecting, restrictive, safety-related, cautionary, preventive, prophylactic, defensive, preventive, preventative
adj	caring, tender
adj	careful

Last hyphenations of this language

lidless salvationism intestacy auriculars subsulphide Aquila cronied Cirencester agathokakological auricularly causal decency locales acrisia appraisers attention-getting polyhaemic auricularis annexal

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.