Hyphenation of generous

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

gen-er-ous

Definitions of generous:

1.	Willing to give and share unstintingly A generous donation
2.	Not petty in character and mind Unusually generous in his judgment of people
3.	More than adequate A generous portion

Synonyms of generous:

adj	generous, benevolent, freehearted, big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded, lavish, munificent, overgenerous, prodigal, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting, unselfish, charitable, unselfish
adj	generous, big, large, magnanimous, kind, ungrudging
adj	ample

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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.