Hyphenation of FEDERAL

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

FED-ER-AL

Definitions of FEDERAL:

1.	A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
2.	Any federal law-enforcement officer
3.	National Especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units The Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal courts The federal highway program Federal property
4.	Of or relating to the central government of a federation A federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government
5.	Being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War Union soldiers Federal forces A Federal infantryman
6.	Characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities A federal system like that of the United States Federal governments often evolved out of confederations

Synonyms of FEDERAL:

adj	national
adj	government, authorities, regime
adj	Union, Federal, northern
adj	federal
noun	Federal, Federal soldier, Union soldier, Yankee, Yank, Northerner
noun	Federal, Fed, federal official, agent, federal agent

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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.