Hyphenation of lavish

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

lav-ish

Definitions of lavish:

1.	Expend profusely Also used with abstract nouns He was showered with praise
2.	Very generous Distributed gifts with a lavish hand The critics were lavish in their praise A munificent gift His father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent Prodigal praise Unsparing generosity His unstinted devotion Called for unstinting aid to Britain
3.	Characterized by extravagance and profusion A lavish buffet A lucullan feast

Synonyms of lavish:

adj	munificent, overgenerous, prodigal, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting, generous
adj	lucullan, lush, plush, plushy, rich
verb	shower, consume, squander, waste, ware

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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.