Hyphenation of circus

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

cir-cus

Definitions of circus:

1.	A travelling company of entertainers Including trained animals He ran away from home to join the circus
2.	A performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals The children always love to go to the circus
3.	A frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment It was so funny it was a circus The whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere
4.	(antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
5.	An arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent They used the elephants to help put up the circus
6.	A genus of haws comprising the harriers

Synonyms of circus:

noun	company, troupe
noun	show
noun	carnival, disturbance
noun	stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium
noun	arena, scene of action
noun	Circus, genus Circus, bird genus

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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.