Hyphenation of affirmative

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

af-fir-ma-tive

Definitions of affirmative:

1.	A reply of affirmation He answered in the affirmative
2.	Affirming or giving assent An affirmative decision Affirmative votes
3.	Expecting the best An affirmative outlook
4.	Expressing or manifesting praise or approval Approbative criticism An affirmative nod

Synonyms of affirmative:

adj	affirmative, affirmatory, assentient, favorable, positive, favorable, favourable, positive
adj	optimistic, positive
adj	favoring, pro
noun	avowal, avouchment, affirmation

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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.