Hyphenation of referent

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

ref-er-ent

Definitions of referent:

1.	Something referred to The object of a reference
2.	The first term in a proposition The term to which other terms relate
3.	Something that refers A term that refers to another term
4.	Having reference Judgments referent to the indictment

Synonyms of referent:

noun	meaning, significance, signification, import
noun	term
noun	term

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.