Hyphenation of native

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

na-tive

Definitions of native:

1.	An indigenous person who was born in a particular place The art of the natives of the northwest coast The Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students
2.	A person born in a particular place or country He is a native of Brazil
3.	Indigenous plants and animals
4.	Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin The native North American sugar maple Many native artists studied abroad
5.	Belonging to one by birth My native land One's native language
6.	Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning Native Americans The aboriginal peoples of Australia
7.	As found in nature in the elemental form Native copper

Synonyms of native:

adj	native, autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous, domestic, homegrown, native-born
adj	native
adj	native, aboriginal
adj	pure
adj	connatural, inborn, inbred, normal
noun	indigen, indigene, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul

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.