Hyphenation of contending

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

con-tend-ing

Synonyms of contending:

adj	competitive, competitory

Last hyphenations of this language

orkneyan self-gain UNLEASHED upway worse-conditioned cut-price unsuccessive multituberculate warran sky-color vice-county cut-out primatological fetticus langrage mirror-writing cut-off noninfusible cut-down

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.