Hyphenation of descriptive

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

de-scrip-tive

Definitions of descriptive:

1.	Serving to describe or inform or characterized by description The descriptive variable A descriptive passage
2.	Describing the structure of a language Descriptive grammar

Synonyms of descriptive:

adj	descriptive
adj	synchronic, synchronous, synchronal, synchronic
adj	descriptive

Last hyphenations of this language

Mollusca zip bridging protemporaneous quiver Nox Haapsalu dustproof unconnected mesentery monoamine Ruhr motivate telefacsimile wholeness unbearableness unbeknown bricklaying geotactic

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.