Hyphenation of inmate

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

in-mate

Definitions of inmate:

1.	One of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)
2.	A patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
3.	A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

Synonyms of inmate:

noun	resident, occupant, occupier
noun	inpatient, patient
noun	convict, con, jailbird, gaolbird, prisoner, captive

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.