Hyphenation of serious

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

se-ri-ous

Definitions of serious:

1.	Concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities A serious student of history A serious attempt to learn to ski Gave me a serious look A serious young man Are you serious or joking? Don't be so serious!
2.	Of great consequence Marriage is a serious matter
3.	Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm A dangerous operation A grave situation A grave illness Grievous bodily harm A serious wound A serious turn of events A severe case of pneumonia A life-threatening disease
4.	Appealing to the mind Good music A serious book
5.	Completely lacking in playfulness
6.	Requiring effort or concentration Complex and not easy to answer or solve Raised serious objections to the proposal The plan has a serious flaw

Synonyms of serious:

adj	serious, capital, earnest, in earnest, sincere, solemn, grave, sedate, sober, solemn, overserious, real, sensible, thoughtful, sobering
adj	important, of import
adj	dangerous, grave, grievous, severe, life-threatening, critical
adj	good, intellectual
adj	unplayful, sober
adj	difficult, hard

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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.