Hyphenation of retroactive

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

retroac-tive

Definitions of retroactive:

1.	Descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously
2.	Affecting things past Retroactive tax increase An ex-post-facto law Retro pay

Synonyms of retroactive:

adj	retroactive
adj	ex post facto, retro, retrospective

Last hyphenations of this language

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