Hyphenation of civilian

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

civil-ian

Definitions of civilian:

1.	A nonmilitary citizen
2.	Associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military Civilian clothing Civilian life

Synonyms of civilian:

adj	civilian, civil, noncombatant
noun	citizen

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.