Hyphenation of critical

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

crit-i-cal

Definitions of critical:

1.	Marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws A critical attitude
2.	At or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction A critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure Critical mass Go critical
3.	Characterized by careful evaluation and judgment A critical reading A critical dissertation A critical analysis of Melville's writings
4.	Urgently needed Absolutely necessary A critical element of the plan Critical medical supplies Vital for a healthy society Of vital interest
5.	Forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis A critical point in the campaign The critical test
6.	Being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency A critical shortage of food A critical illness An illness at the critical stage
7.	Of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism Critical acclaim

Synonyms of critical:

adj	critical, captious, faultfinding, caviling, carping, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling, censorious, deprecative, hypercritical, overcritical, scathing, blistering, scalding, vituperative, sarcastic, unfavorable, unfavourable
adj	critical, supercritical
adj	critical, appraising, evaluative, discriminative, judicial, discerning, scholarly
adj	vital, indispensable
adj	decisive, crucial, important
adj	critical, acute, dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening, desperate, dire, crucial, important
adj	critical appraisal, critical analysis

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.