Hyphenation of temporary

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

tem-po-rary

Definitions of temporary:

1.	A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
2.	Not permanent Not lasting Politics is an impermanent factor of life- James Thurber Impermanent palm cottages A temperary arrangement Temporary housing
3.	Lacking continuity or regularity An irregular worker Employed on a temporary basis

Synonyms of temporary:

adj	impermanent, acting, ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious, episodic, fly-by-night, improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift, temporal, terminable, visiting, guest, working, evanescent, interim, pro tem, pro tempore, unstable
adj	irregular, part-time

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.