Hyphenation of relative

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

rel-a-tive

Definitions of relative:

1.	A person related by blood or marriage Police are searching for relatives of the deceased He has distant relations back in New Jersey
2.	An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
3.	Estimated by comparison Not absolute or complete A relative stranger
4.	Properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics Usually followed by `to' The punishment ought to be proportional to the crime Earnings relative to production

Synonyms of relative:

adj	relative, comparative, qualifying, relational
adj	proportional, proportionate
noun	relation, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
noun	congener, congenator, organism, being

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.