Hyphenation of sweeper

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

sweep-er

Definitions of sweeper:

1.	An employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
2.	A cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet
3.	Little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body

Synonyms of sweeper:

noun	employee
noun	carpet sweeper, cleaning implement
noun	teleost fish, teleost, teleostan

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.