Hyphenation of cancer

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word cancer? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

can-cer

Definitions of cancer:

1.	Any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division It may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
2.	(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
3.	A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere Between Leo and Gemini
4.	The fourth sign of the zodiac The sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
5.	Type genus of the family Cancridae

Synonyms of cancer:

noun	malignant neoplastic disease, malignant tumor, malignant neoplasm, metastatic tumor
noun	Cancer, Crab, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
noun	Cancer, constellation
noun	Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crab, sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house
noun	Cancer, genus Cancer, arthropod genus

Last hyphenations of this language

lustrous upholstery piffle homely Zetland camarilla Malverne disinfect Ultimate pretransport Tavey warbling unluckiest top-boot futurely true-paced punk scabrous ECOM

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.