Hyphenation of complementary

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word complementary? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

com-ple-men-tary

Definitions of complementary:

1.	Either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments) Yellow and blue are complementaries
2.	Of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other `male' and `female' are complementary terms
3.	Acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)

Synonyms of complementary:

adj	complemental, completing, inessential, unessential
adj	antonymous
adj	interchangeable, reciprocal, reciprocal, mutual
noun	complementary color, chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour

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.