Hyphenation of closest

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

clos-est

Definitions of closest :

1.	(superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance That was the time he came nearest to death

Synonyms of closest :

adv	nearest, nighest

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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