Hyphenation of convalescent

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

con-va-les-cent

Definitions of convalescent:

1.	A person who is recovering from illness
2.	Returning to health after illness or debility Convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed

Synonyms of convalescent:

adj	healing
adj	recovering, ill, sick
noun	sick person, diseased person, sufferer

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.