Hyphenation of authoritative

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word authoritative? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

au-thor-i-ta-tive

Definitions of authoritative:

1.	Having authority or ascendancy or influence An important official The captain's authoritative manner
2.	Of recognized authority or excellence The definitive work on Greece Classical methods of navigation
3.	Sanctioned by established authority An authoritative communique The authorized biography

Synonyms of authoritative:

adj	important, influential
adj	classical, definitive, standard
adj	authorized, authorised, official

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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.