Hyphenation of respondent

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

re-spon-dent

Definitions of respondent:

1.	The codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent
2.	Someone who responds
3.	Replying An answering glance An answering smile

Synonyms of respondent:

adj	answering, responsive
noun	codefendant, co-defendant
noun	responder, answerer, communicator

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.