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Est. 1828
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'tense'
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Words that Sound Similar to tense

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  • dense
  • fence
  • hence
  • sense
  • techs
  • ten
  • tench
  • tend
  • tennis
  • tenor
  • tens
  • tent
  • tenth
  • tenths
  • tents
  • thence
  • whence
  • tenner
  • pence

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Adjectives for tense:

  • air
  • nerves
  • state
  • weeks
  • strain
  • stillness
  • minutes
  • features
  • days
  • suffixes
  • body
  • feeling
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People also search for tense:

  • perilous
  • subdued
  • gripping
  • singular
  • saddest
  • participle
  • lively
  • tenuous
  • angry
  • taut
  • fraught
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