The best replacement for hyphen is dash.

The best alternatives to hyphen are rated as following:
★★★★★  dash
★★★  comma
★★★  colon
★★  semicolon
★★  em dash
★★  no hyphen
★★  underscore
★★  en dash
★  parentheses
★  slash
★  underscore filename
  underscore seo
  dash grammar
  minus
  dash punctuation
  dash keyboard
  underscore file names
  not to hyphen
  semi colon
  double hyphen
  dash difference
  sfr
  n-dash

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Speaking about hyphen, one probably shouldn't forget about non.

Other search terms related to hyphen and their ratings are:
★★★★★ non
★★★★★ well
★★★★★ age
★★★ ly
★★ mid
★★ related
★★ based
★★ adjectives
★ ly words
words ending in ly
pre
half
line break
prefix pre
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