Hyphenation of submissive

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

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Definitions of submissive:

1.	Inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination Submissive servants A submissive reply Replacing troublemakers with more submissive people
2.	Abjectly submissive Characteristic of a slave or servant Slavish devotion to her job ruled her life A slavish yes-man to the party bosses- S.H.Adams She has become submissive and subservient

Synonyms of submissive:

adj	submissive, abject, bowed, bowing, cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy, dominated, henpecked, compliant, meek, spiritless, humble, obedient, subordinate, unassertive
adj	subordinate
adj	slavish, subservient, servile

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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.