Hyphenation of receptive

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

re-cep-tive

Definitions of receptive:

1.	Open to arguments, ideas, or change Receptive to reason and the logic of facts
2.	Ready or willing to receive favorably Receptive to the proposals
3.	Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system Sensory neurons
4.	Able to absorb liquid (not repellent) The paper is ink-receptive

Synonyms of receptive:

adj	pervious
adj	receptive, acceptive, acceptant, hospitable, open to, admissive
adj	centripetal, sensory, afferent

Last hyphenations of this language

crunchy rearm credible hospitality paralinguistic noradrenergic chitterlings patrilateral chemotaxis chorister chute bled disk periotic Vorticism Rojas rocket folkloristic belligerency

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.