Hyphenation of secretary

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

sec-re-tary

Definitions of secretary:

1.	A person who is head of an administrative department of government
2.	An assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
3.	A person to whom a secret is entrusted
4.	A desk used for writing

Synonyms of secretary:

noun	head, chief, top dog
noun	secretarial assistant, assistant, helper, help, supporter
noun	repository, confidant, intimate
noun	writing table, escritoire, secretaire, desk

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.