Hyphenation of hopeful

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

hope-ful

Definitions of hopeful:

1.	An ambitious and aspiring young person A lofty aspirant Two executive hopefuls joined the firm The audience was full of Madonna wannabes
2.	Having or manifesting hope A line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets Found a hopeful way of attacking the problem
3.	Full or promise Had a bright future in publishing The scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career A hopeful new singer on Broadway

Synonyms of hopeful:

adj	hopeful, anticipant, anticipative, expectant, aspirant, aspiring, wishful, would-be, encouraging, optimistic
adj	fortunate, rosy, auspicious
noun	aspirant, aspirer, wannabe, wannabee, applicant, applier

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.