tensile

Other forms of tensile

comparative

tensiler·

superlative

tensilest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tensile

What does tensile mean?

tensile means "of or relating to tension". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tensile?

tensile has 2 syllables: te-nsile. The stress falls on "te". In IPA it is /ˈtɛnsəl/.

What is another word for tensile?

Close synonyms include ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tractile. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tensile a common word?

tensile is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tensile?

1 word rhymes with tensile. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.