Hyphenation of literal

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word literal? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

lit-er-al

Definitions of literal:

1.	A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
2.	Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something Her actual motive A literal solitude like a desert- G.K.Chesterton A genuine dilemma
3.	Without interpretation or embellishment A literal depiction of the scene before him
4.	Limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text A literal translation
5.	Avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis) It's the literal truth

Synonyms of literal:

adj	actual, genuine, real, true
adj	exact
adj	literal, denotative, explicit, exact, unrhetorical
adj	plain, unembellished, unrhetorical
adj	pure and simple, plain
adj	word-for-word, exact
noun	misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, error, mistake

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.