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
adj	mutually exclusive, disjunctive
adj	unconventional
noun	option, choice, decision making, deciding

Last hyphenations of this language

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