Hyphenation of former

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word former? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of former:

1.	The first of two or the first mentioned of two Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today
2.	Referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several) The novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967 I prefer the former version to the latter one
3.	Belonging to some prior time Erstwhile friend Our former glory The once capital of the state Her quondam lover
4.	(used especially of persons) of the immediate past The former president Our late President is still very active The previous occupant of the White House
5.	Belonging to the distant past The early inhabitants of Europe Former generations In other times

Synonyms of former:

adj	former
adj	erstwhile, once, onetime, quondam, sometime, past
adj	late, previous, past
adj	early, other, past
noun	first, number one

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.