What is another word for tense?
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Pronunciation:
[ tˈɛns], [ tˈɛns], [ t_ˈɛ_n_s]
Tension, pressure, stress, strain, anxiety, nervousness, unease - all these words paint a picture of a feeling that makes the muscles tight and the mind uneasy. Observing the tautness of a rope, the taught moments of a conversation, or a fidgeting person, words like edgy, agitated, apprehensive, and uptight come to mind. The different synonyms for tense show how the word can be used to describe a variety of situations. Whether physical or emotional, temporary or sustained, being in a tense state is rarely enjoyable. Yet, the ability to recognize and manage the accompanying emotions can help lead to greater success in personal and professional situations.
Related words: past tense, present tense, future tense, future perfect tense, imperfect tense
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Synonyms for Tense:
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adj.
• conflicting- Squabbling ,
- antagonistic ,
- antipathetic ,
- bickering ,
- brawling ,
- cacophonous ,
- clamoring ,
- clashing ,
- colliding ,
- conflicting ,
- contentious ,
- differing ,
- discordant ,
- disharmonious ,
- dissenting ,
- dissident ,
- dissonant ,
- feuding ,
- harsh ,
- hostile ,
- loath ,
- raucous ,
- rioting ,
- rowing ,
- warring .
- aflutter ,
- goose-bumpy ,
- in a dither ,
- phobic ,
- rabbity ,
- running scared ,
- have cold feet ,
- shaky ,
- shrinking ,
- timorous ,
- weak-kneed .
- bearish ,
- easily offended ,
- out of humor ,
- Fretting ,
- grumbling ,
- huffy ,
- ill-humored ,
- irritable ,
- oversensitive .
- all shook up ,
- fired-up ,
- freaked-out ,
- hot under collar ,
- hot-and-bothered ,
- hyper ,
- in a state ,
- keyed-up ,
- over-wrought ,
- steamed up ,
- strung-out ,
- worked-up ,
- wound-up ,
- over-excited .
- Susceptive ,
- easily affected ,
- emotionable ,
- hypersensitive ,
- reactive ,
- sensatory ,
- sensile ,
- supersensitive ,
- touchy feely ,
- tuned in ,
- turned on to ,
- sensory .
- ex citable ,
- ex cited ,
- ex-citable ,
- ex-cited ,
- excitable ,
- more overstrung ,
- most overstrung ,
- over strung ,
- over-strung ,
- overstrung .
- ex citing ,
- ex-citing ,
- magnetic ,
- more electrical ,
- more juiced ,
- more motor driven ,
- more motor-driven ,
- more motordriven ,
- more power driven ,
- more power-driven ,
- more powerdriven ,
- more voltaic ,
- most juiced ,
- most motor driven ,
- most motor-driven ,
- most motordriven ,
- most power driven ,
- most power-driven ,
- most powerdriven ,
- most voltaic ,
- motor driven ,
- motordriven ,
- power driven ,
- powerdriven ,
- rousing .
- at boiling point ,
- ex plosive ,
- ex-plosive ,
- more convulsive ,
- more detonating ,
- more detonative ,
- more eruptive ,
- more fulminant ,
- more fulminating ,
- most convulsive ,
- most detonating ,
- most detonative ,
- most eruptive ,
- most fulminant ,
- most fulminating ,
- raging ,
- un controllable ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un-controllable ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest .
- ill .
- dis quieting ,
- dis-quieting ,
- ex asperating ,
- ex-asperating ,
- more aggravating ,
- more exasperating ,
- more stressful ,
- most aggravating ,
- most exasperating ,
- most stressful ,
- nerve racking ,
- nerveracking ,
- up setting ,
- up-setting .
- dis tressed ,
- dis-tressed ,
- more flustered ,
- more nervous ,
- more ruffled ,
- most flustered ,
- most ruffled ,
- un strung ,
- un-strung ,
- unstrung ,
- up-set .
- more overburdened ,
- more overloaded ,
- more overtaxed ,
- more stressed ,
- most overburdened ,
- most overloaded ,
- most overtaxed ,
- most stressed ,
- over burdened ,
- over loaded ,
- over taxed ,
- over worked ,
- over-burdened ,
- over-loaded ,
- over-taxed ,
- over-worked ,
- overburdened .
- Immalleable ,
- be numbed ,
- be-numbed ,
- creakiest ,
- in compliant ,
- in elastic ,
- in-compliant ,
- in-elastic ,
- more annealed ,
- more arthritic ,
- more buckram ,
- more cemented ,
- more chilled ,
- more congealed ,
- more contracted ,
- more immalleable ,
- more impliable ,
- more indurate ,
- more jelled ,
- more numbed ,
- more rheumatic ,
- more solidified ,
- more starched ,
- more thickened ,
- more unflexible ,
- most annealed ,
- most arthritic ,
- most buckram ,
- most cemented ,
- most chilled ,
- most congealed ,
- most contracted ,
- most immalleable ,
- most impliable ,
- most indurate ,
- most jelled ,
- most numbed ,
- most rheumatic ,
- most solidified ,
- most starched ,
- most thickened ,
- most unflexible ,
- steelier ,
- steeliest ,
- stiff as board ,
- un bending ,
- un flexible ,
- un graceful ,
- un supple ,
- un suppler ,
- un supplest ,
- un-bending ,
- un-flexible ,
- un-graceful ,
- un-supple ,
- un-suppler ,
- un-supplest ,
- unsupple ,
- unsuppler ,
- unsupplest .
- Clutched ,
- anxious ,
- beside oneself ,
- bundle of nerves ,
- choked ,
- fluttery ,
- hung up ,
- in a tizzy ,
- moved ,
- moving ,
- on edge ,
- overanxious ,
- queasy ,
- shot ,
- shot to pieces ,
- uneasy ,
- unnerved ,
- unquiet ,
- up the wall ,
- white knuckled ,
- wired ,
- wound up ,
- wreck .
- dis mayed ,
- dis-mayed ,
- harassed ,
- more anguished ,
- more dismayed ,
- more harassed ,
- more palpitant ,
- more tormented ,
- more vexed ,
- most anguished ,
- most dismayed ,
- most harassed ,
- most palpitant ,
- most tormented ,
- most vexed ,
- on qui vive ,
- un easier ,
- un easiest ,
- un easy ,
- un quiet ,
- un quieter ,
- un quietest ,
- un-easier ,
- un-easiest ,
- un-easy ,
- un-quiet ,
- un-quieter ,
- un-quietest .
- dis orderly ,
- dis-orderly ,
- in-constant ,
- more changeful ,
- more rattled ,
- more unnerved ,
- more unpeaceful ,
- most changeful ,
- most rattled ,
- most shifting ,
- most unnerved ,
- most unpeaceful ,
- mutable ,
- un nerved ,
- un peaceful ,
- un predictable ,
- un settled ,
- un steadier ,
- un steadiest ,
- un steady ,
- un-balanced ,
- un-nerved ,
- un-peaceful ,
- un-predictable ,
- un-settled ,
- un-steadier ,
- un-steadiest .
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- alarmed .
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- alarming .
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- DO ,
- aspect ,
- auxiliary ,
- auxiliary verb ,
- conjugation ,
- copula ,
- the active ,
- the conditional ,
- the first person ,
- the future .
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- cartilaginous ,
- contract ,
- motor ,
- muscular ,
- overstretched ,
- pull ,
- reflex ,
- relax ,
- smooth ,
- spasm .
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v.
• constrict- Astringed ,
- astringes ,
- draws together ,
- drew together ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re strict ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- re-strict .
- dis tend ,
- dis tended ,
- dis tending ,
- dis tends ,
- dis-tend ,
- dis-tended ,
- dis-tending ,
- dis-tends ,
- over did ,
- over does ,
- over doing ,
- over done ,
- over extend ,
- over extended ,
- over extending ,
- over extends ,
- over-did ,
- over-does ,
- over-doing ,
- over-extend ,
- over-extended ,
- over-extending ,
- over-extends ,
- overextending ,
- overextends ,
- put traction ,
- put trial ,
- puts in traction ,
- puts on trial ,
- puts traction ,
- puts trial ,
- putting in traction ,
- putting on trial ,
- putting traction ,
- putting trial ,
- tenses up ,
- tensing up .
Other synonyms:
- agitated ,
- angst-ridden ,
- apprehensive ,
- broody ,
- daunting ,
- desperately ,
- disconcerting ,
- disturbed ,
- frantic ,
- fretful ,
- half-crazed ,
- hesitant ,
- nerve-wracking ,
- neurotic ,
- ominous ,
- oppressive ,
- overprotective ,
- panicky ,
- paranoid ,
- pressured ,
- sobering ,
- stressful ,
- suspicious ,
- tauten ,
- tensed up ,
- twitchy ,
- wary ,
- worrying .
- fast .
- alarmist ,
- brooding ,
- explosive ,
- fidgety ,
- foreboding ,
- frightened ,
- frightening ,
- gun-shy ,
- knotted ,
- niggling ,
- sickening ,
- skittish ,
- stressed ,
- unsettled .
- steady .
Other relevant words:
- Astringing ,
- Caked ,
- Caking ,
- Candying ,
- Gels ,
- Jellying ,
- Starching ,
- Strangulated ,
- astringe ,
- candied ,
- constrict ,
- curdled ,
- curdling ,
- draw in ,
- draw together ,
- drawing together ,
- drew in ,
- firmed ,
- firming ,
- gel ,
- gelled ,
- gelling ,
- humped ,
- humping ,
- hunch ,
- jellied ,
- overdo ,
- overextend ,
- overextended ,
- put in traction ,
- put on trial ,
- scrooch down ,
- steadied ,
- steadying ,
- stiffen ,
- strangulate ,
- strangulates ,
- strangulating ,
- stress ,
- tense up ,
- tensed ,
- tenses ,
- tensing ,
- tighten .
- Impliable ,
- Motor-driven ,
- Overworked ,
- Starched ,
- The ,
- Unflexible ,
- a bundle of nerves ,
- all nerves ,
- all wound up ,
- anguished ,
- arthritic ,
- at the boiling point ,
- buckram ,
- changeful ,
- convulsive ,
- creakier ,
- creaky ,
- detonative ,
- dramatic ,
- edgy ,
- electrical ,
- eruptive ,
- fearful ,
- fulminant ,
- high-strung ,
- ill at ease ,
- in turmoil ,
- jittery ,
- juiced ,
- jumpy ,
- nerve-racking ,
- on the qui vive ,
- overtaxed ,
- overwrought ,
- palpitant ,
- power-driven ,
- restive ,
- rheumatic ,
- steely ,
- stiff ,
- stiff as a board ,
- strained ,
- tight ,
- tightly drawn ,
- under stress ,
- unpeaceful ,
- unrestful ,
- up set ,
- uptight ,
- voltaic ,
- worried .
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How to use "Tense" in context?
Tenses are verb forms that express time duration. There are three main tenses in English: simple, regular, and perfect. In simple tenses, the verb form is always the same. For example, you can say "I eat" in the present simple tense, "I have eaten" in the past simple tense, and "I will eat" in the future simple tense. In regular tenses, the verb form changes depending on how long ago the event happened.
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
strained.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
tensed.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
anxious, difficult, disordered, fragile, soured, strenuous, stressed, tensile, tough, turbulent, voltage, tensioning.
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Noun, plural
Temps.
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Verb, past tense
frightened, scared.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
edgy, fraught, high-strung, intense, intensive, jittery, jumpy, stressful, stretched, tight, troubled, uneasy, volatile.
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Noun, singular or mass
tension.
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Adjective
Hyponym for Tense:
n.
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communication
grammatical category, syntactic category.
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communication
v.
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contact
tighten.
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contact
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