Hyphenation of general

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

gen-er-al

Definitions of general :

1.	A general officer of the highest rank
2.	The head of a religious order or congregation
3.	A fact about the whole (as opposed to particular) He discussed the general but neglected the particular
4.	Command as a general We are generaled by an incompetent!
5.	Applying to all or most members of a category or group The general public General assistance A general rule In general terms Comprehensible to the general reader
6.	Not specialized or limited to one class of things General studies General knowledge
7.	Prevailing among and common to the general public The general discontent
8.	Affecting the entire body A general anesthetic General symptoms
9.	Somewhat indefinite Bearing a general resemblance to the original A general description of the merchandise
10.	Of worldwide scope or applicability An issue of cosmopolitan import The shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time- Christopher Morley Universal experience

Synonyms of general :

adj	general, as a whole, at large, in general, at-large, broad, unspecific, generalized, generalised, general-purpose, all-purpose, generic, gross, mass, large-scale, miscellaneous, overall, pandemic, pervading, pervasive, widespread, plain, popular, comprehensive, imprecise, indiscriminate, unspecialized, unspecialised
adj	undiversified, unvaried
adj	national
adj	common
adj	general, generalized, generalised, systemic
adj	imprecise
adj	cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, universal, worldwide, comprehensive
noun	full general, general officer
noun	superior general, head, chief, top dog
noun	fact
verb	command

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.