Hyphenation of illustrious

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

il-lus-tri-ous

Definitions of illustrious:

1.	Widely known and esteemed A famous actor A celebrated musician A famed scientist An illustrious judge A notable historian A renowned painter
2.	Having or conferring glory An illustrious achievement

Synonyms of illustrious:

adj	celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, notable, noted, renowned, known
adj	glorious
adj	glorious, redoubtable, respected, proud

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.