Hyphenation of official

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

of-fi-cial

Definitions of official:

1.	A worker who holds or is invested with an office
2.	Someone who administers the rules of a game or sport The golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling
3.	Having official authority or sanction Official permission An official representative
4.	Of or relating to an office Official privileges
5.	Verified officially The election returns are now official
6.	Conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline In prescribed order
7.	(of a church) given official status as a national or state institution

Synonyms of official:

adj	official, authoritative, authorized, authorised, ex officio, formal, formalized, formalised, semiofficial, authorized, authorised
adj	administrative unit, administrative body
adj	confirmed
adj	prescribed, regular
adj	established, constituted
noun	functionary, skilled worker, trained worker
noun	adjudicator

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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.