Hyphenation of speculative

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

spec-u-la-tive

Definitions of speculative:

1.	Not financially safe or secure A bad investment High risk investments Anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky Speculative business enterprises
2.	Not based on fact or investigation A notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs Speculative knowledge
3.	Showing curiosity If someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive Raised a speculative eyebrow

Synonyms of speculative:

adj	bad, insecure, risky, high-risk, unsound
adj	notional, theoretical, theoretic
adj	inquisitive, questioning, wondering, curious

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.