Hyphenation of illiterate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word illiterate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

il-lit-er-ate

Definitions of illiterate:

1.	A person unable to read
2.	Not able to read or write
3.	Uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning Lacking knowledge of a specific field She is ignorant of quantum mechanics He is musically illiterate
4.	Lacking culture, especially in language and literature

Synonyms of illiterate:

adj	illiterate, analphabetic, unlettered, functionally illiterate, preliterate, semiliterate, semiliterate, uneducated
adj	ignorant, uneducated
noun	illiterate person, nonreader, ignoramus, know nothing, uneducated person

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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.