Hyphenation of compulsive

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word compulsive? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

com-pul-sive

Definitions of compulsive:

1.	A person with a compulsive disposition Someone who feels compelled to do certain things
2.	Caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion Compulsive drinking
3.	Strongly motivated to succeed

Synonyms of compulsive:

adj	neurotic, psychoneurotic
adj	determined, driven, ambitious
noun	person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul

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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.