Hyphenation of ALTERNATIVE

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ALTERNATIVE? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

AL-TER-NA-TIVE

Definitions of ALTERNATIVE:

1.
One of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
What option did I have? There no other alternative My only choice is to refuse
2.
Serving or used in place of another
An alternative plan
3.
Necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
Alternative possibilities were neutrality or war
4.
Pertaining to unconventional choices
An alternative life style

Synonyms of ALTERNATIVE:

adj alternate, secondary
adjmutually exclusive, disjunctive
adj unconventional
noun option, choice, decision making, deciding

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