Hyphenation of replacement

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

re-place-ment

Definitions of replacement:

1.	The act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another Replacing the star will not be easy
2.	Someone who takes the place of another person
3.	An event in which one thing is substituted for another The replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
4.	A person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
5.	Filling again by supplying what has been used up
6.	A person who follows next in order He was President Lincoln's successor

Synonyms of replacement:

noun	substitution, permutation, transposition, switch, variation, fluctuation
noun	replacing, substitution, exchange, commutation
noun	surrogate, alternate, stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
noun	substitute, equivalent
noun	refilling, replenishment, renewal, filling
noun	successor, peer, equal, match, compeer

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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.