hyphenate
Fetched 2026-11-01 (live).
Synonyms: hyphenated, hyphenates, phenate, hyphenize
Antonyms: hyphenated, hyphenates, phenate, hyphenize
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Verb
- to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
- to join words or syllables with a hyphen.
- you have to hyphenate his surname as it's double-barrelled
Noun
- A person or object with multiple duties, abilities or characteristics, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".
- A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".
Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wiktionary) · cached copy, not a rewrite.