Hyphenation of RESIDENT

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

RES-I-DENT

Definitions of RESIDENT:

1.	Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
2.	A physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital The resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital
3.	Living in a particular place Resident aliens
4.	Used of animals that do not migrate

Synonyms of RESIDENT:

adj	resident
adj	nonmigratory
noun	occupant, occupier, inhabitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
noun	house physician, resident physician, doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico

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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.