Hyphenation of constructive

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

con-struc-tive

Definitions of constructive:

1.	Constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development Constructive criticism A constructive attitude A constructive philosophy Constructive permission
2.	Emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good Constructive criticism

Synonyms of constructive:

adj	constructive, creative, formative, shaping, formative, inferential, reconstructive, rehabilitative, structural, positive
adj	positive

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.