Hyphenation of colonial

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

colo-nial

Definitions of colonial:

1.	A resident of a colony
2.	Of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
3.	Of animals who live in colonies, such as ants
4.	Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony Coral is a colonial organism

Synonyms of colonial:

adj	body
adj	animal group
adj	compound, complex
noun	resident, occupant, occupier

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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