Hyphenation of retentive

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

re-ten-tive

Definitions of retentive:

1.	Good at remembering A retentive mind Tenacious memory
2.	Having the capacity to retain something
3.	Having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water Soils retentive of moisture

Synonyms of retentive:

adj	retentive, recollective, holding, retaining, long, tenacious, mindful, aware

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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