Hyphenation of responsible

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word responsible? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

re-spon-si-ble

Definitions of responsible:

1.	Worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust Or held accountable A responsible adult Responsible journalism A responsible position The captain is responsible for the ship's safety The cabinet is responsible to the parliament
2.	Being the agent or cause Determined who was the responsible party Termites were responsible for the damage
3.	Having an acceptable credit rating A responsible borrower

Synonyms of responsible:

adj	responsible, accountable, answerable, amenable, judicious, liable, trustworthy, obligated, prudent, trustworthy, trusty
adj	responsible for, causative
adj	creditworthy, trustworthy, trusty

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.