English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “illiberal”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for illiberal is il-lib-er-al, with 3 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
il-lib-er-al
4 segments3 break points
British English pattern result il-liber-al The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
Wordilliberal
Hyphenationil-lib-er-al
Break points3
Part of speechadjective
Pronunciationɪˈlɪb(ə)r(ə)l
Meaning & usage

What does “illiberal” mean?

illiberal: opposed to liberal principles; restricting freedom of thought or behaviour.

Headwordilliberal
Part of speechadjective
Pronunciationɪˈlɪb(ə)r(ə)l
1
adjective

opposed to liberal principles; restricting freedom of thought or behaviour.

Antonyms:
2
adjective

uncultured or unrefined.

3
adjective

not generous; mean.

Word breaks

How “illiberal” is split

il·lib·er·al

For US English, the hyphenation result is il-lib-er-al. This gives 3 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns il-liber-al.

Quick answers

Questions about “illiberal”

How do you hyphenate “illiberal”?

In the US-English result used here, illiberal is hyphenated as il-lib-er-al.

Where can “illiberal” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 3 possible break points.

What does “illiberal” mean?

opposed to liberal principles; restricting freedom of thought or behaviour.