nonhyphenated

Lacking connecting marks

Nonhyphenated describes a word or phrase written without a hyphen: The style guide prefers the nonhyphenated spelling.

The term often arises in discussions of compound words that can be written open, hyphenated, or closed—with nonhyphenated covering both the open and closed forms.

The word is sometimes hyphenated itself (non-hyphenated), creating a small irony.

compound

combined

Merged into one

unified · blended · consolidated · amalgamated · integrated · conjoined · synthesized · compounded · concatenated · linked

spelling

solid

Firm matter state

written · styled · formatted · typeset · rendered · spaced · punctuated · orthographic

Opposites
hyphenation status

nonhyphenatedhyphenated

Linked by a dash

punctuated

Family

hyphenated, hyphenate, hyphenation, hyphen, hyphens, unhyphenated

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