Hyphenation of wakeful

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

wake-ful

Definitions of wakeful:

1.	Carefully observant or attentive On the lookout for possible danger A policy of open-eyed awareness The vigilant eye of the town watch There was a watchful dignity in the room A watchful parent with a toddler in tow
2.	(of sleep) easily disturbed In a light doze A light sleeper A restless wakeful night
3.	Marked by full consciousness or alertness Worked every moment of my waking hours

Synonyms of wakeful:

adj	argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant, watchful, alert
adj	light, shallow

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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.