Hyphenation of incidental

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

in-ci-den-tal

Definitions of incidental:

1.	(frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified He requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses
2.	An item that is incidental
3.	(sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence Incidental expenses The road will bring other incidental advantages Extra duties incidental to the job Labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion Confusion incidental to a quick change
4.	Not of prime or central importance Nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry- Pubs.MLA
5.	Following or accompanying as a consequence An excessive growth of bureaucracy
6.	With attendant problems Snags incidental to the changeover in management Attendant circumstances The period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness The ensuant response to his appeal The resultant savings were considerable

Synonyms of incidental:

adj	incidental, incident, omissible, parenthetic, parenthetical, peripheral, secondary
adj	accompanying, attendant, concomitant, incidental to, related, related to
adj	nonessential, inessential, unessential
noun	incidental expense, minor expense, expense
noun	item, point

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.