Hyphen

/ˈhaɪ.fən/

Synonyms for "hyphen" (10 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
ascii hyphen

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
dashhyphen characterhyphen sign

Related words (5)

Noun(2 words)
hyphenateword joiner
Verb(1 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

10 entries
line breaking operationorthographic symbolpunctuationpunctuation markpunctuation operationspelltext formatting actiontext layout operationtypographic symbolwrite

More specific

9 entries
discretionary hyphenhard hyphenhyphenate adjectiveshyphenate compoundshyphenate prefixesline break hyphenationnonbreaking hyphensoft hyphenword boundary hyphenation

Collocations

11 entries
discretionary hyphenhard hyphenhyphen characterhyphenate adjectiveshyphenate compoundshyphenate wordshyphenation rulesline break hyphenationnonbreaking hyphensoft hyphenword boundary

Inflections

5 entries

Derivations

7 entries

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It would be great if I could use a hyphen in my username.

Source: tatoeba (3148208)

You can spell it with or without a hyphen.

Source: tatoeba (5366352)

The fault was traced partly to a missing hyphen in communications software.

Source: tatoeba (6558299)

Does it matter at all whether the word burnout is with a hyphen or not?

Source: tatoeba (6784633)

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