Tense — synonyms, tense antonyms, definition

1. tense (a)

agitated close dramatic emotional excited fast firm highly-strung moving nervous neurotic rigid sensational steady stiff strained stretched strong taut tight

2. tense (Adjective)

lax relaxed

tense (Adjective) — In or of a state of physical or nervous tension.

tense (Adjective) — (phonetics) pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in 'beat').

tense (Adjective) — Taut or rigid; stretched tight. ex. "tense piano strings"

3. tense (Noun)

tense (Noun) — A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time.

grammatical category syntactic category aorist continuous tense future future tense imperfect imperfect tense past past tense perfect perfect tense perfective perfective tense present present tense progressive progressive tense

4. tense (Verb)

strain tense up relax

tense (Verb) — Become stretched, tense or taut. ex. "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed"

tense (Verb) — Increase the tension on. ex. "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle" ex. "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"

tense (Verb) — Become tense, nervous, or uneasy. ex. "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"

tense (Verb) — Cause to be tense and uneasy, nervous or anxious. ex. "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"

affect alter change change state modify tighten turn extend stretch