tender

Questions about tender

What is another word for tender?

Across its 18 senses, tender has 22 distinct synonyms: sensitive, sore, raw, affectionate, fond, lovesome, untoughened, crank, and others. Each belongs to a specific meaning, listed on this page under the sense it serves.

What is the opposite of tender?

The recorded antonym is tough. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.

Why are the synonyms for tender split into groups?

Because tender carries 18 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Does this page cover every sense of tender?

It covers the 16 senses that carry a synonym, antonym, broader or narrower term. The remaining 2 senses have none recorded, so they are left off a thesaurus page and shown in full on the word page instead.

Where do the synonyms for tender come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of tender

• Full entry for tenderAll 18 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for tenderWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.