Hyphenation of illustrative

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

il-lus-tra-tive

Definitions of illustrative:

1.	Clarifying by use of examples
2.	Serving to demonstrate

Synonyms of illustrative:

adj	exemplifying, informative, informatory
adj	demonstrative, instructive, informative

Last hyphenations of this language

sensuousnesses eccentricities deliberateness undertint squalid poverty-stricken allotheism figural half-meant deliberate mangles cobbed Bulawayo pentahedron Franco-chinese legific demissive Delian animals

Hyphenator

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