Hyphenation of sleeper

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word sleeper? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

sleep-er

Definitions of sleeper:

1.	A rester who is sleeping
2.	A spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal
3.	An unexpected achiever of success The winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it
4.	One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track The British call a railroad tie a sleeper
5.	A passenger car that has berths for sleeping
6.	Pajamas with feet Worn by children
7.	A piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
8.	Tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
9.	An unexpected hit That movie was the sleeper of the summer

Synonyms of sleeper:

noun	slumberer, rester
noun	spy, undercover agent, saboteur, wrecker, diversionist, terrorist
noun	achiever, winner, success, succeeder
noun	tie, railroad tie, crosstie, brace, bracing
noun	sleeping car, wagon-lit, passenger car, coach, carriage
noun	furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture
noun	sleeper goby, percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
noun	hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang

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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.