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tender

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of tender

1 easily injured without careful handling

a tender wound

tender plants that cannot take the cold

tender pride that got bruised

Synonyms of tender

delicate, fragile, frail, sensitive

Words Related to tender

breakable, brittle, crushable, frangible, friable

feeble, flimsy, puny, slight, soft, tenuous, weak

perishable, resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding

Near Antonyms of tender

durable, firm, flinty, hard, hardy, resistant, robust, rugged, solid, sound, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial

infrangible, nonbreakable, unbreakable

hardened, inured, strengthened, tempered, toughened

Antonyms of tender

2 feeling or showing love

a tender embrace between father and daughter

Synonyms of tender

adoring, affectionate, devoted, fond, loving, tenderhearted

Words Related to tender

caring, compassionate, considerate, cordial, doting, forgiving, kind, understanding, warmhearted

ardent, fervent, impassioned, passionate, warm

enamored, infatuated, lovesick

lovey-dovey, mushy, romantic, sappy, sentimental

brotherly, fatherly, motherly, sisterly

Near Antonyms of tender

aloof, antisocial, cold-eyed, cool, detached, distant, dry, frosty, hard-hearted, indifferent, offish, pitiless, remote, reserved, standoffish, unbending, uncaring, unfeeling

disaffected, unconcerned, uninvolved

cold, frigid, unfriendly

callous, cold-blooded, heartless, pitiless, ruthless, unromantic, unsentimental

Antonyms of tender

3 having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others

an especially tender teacher who loves having kids with special educational needs in her class

Synonyms of tender

beneficent, benevolent, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, humane, kind, kindhearted, kindly, softhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted, warmhearted

Words Related to tender

considerate, solicitous, thoughtful

affable, amicable, benign, companionable, comradely, cordial, friendly, genial, gentle, good, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, mild, neighborly, nice, pleasant, sweet, warm

clement, forbearing, forgiving, lenient, merciful, soft

patient, pitying, tolerant, understanding

altruistic, brotherly, charitable, freehanded, generous, greathearted, humanitarian, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, noble, openhearted, philanthropic (also philanthropical), selfless, unselfish, unsparing

Near Antonyms of tender

ironhearted, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, stonyhearted

inconsiderate, insensitive, thoughtless, uncaring, unthinking

grim, hard-boiled, harsh, heavy-handed, severe, stern, tough, unsentimental

hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, virulent

antihumanitarian, uncharitable

Antonyms of tender

atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish, callous, cold-blooded, cruel, fiendish, hard-hearted, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, sadistic, savage, truculent, uncompassionate, unfeeling, unkind, unkindly, unsympathetic, vicious, wanton

4 lacking bodily strength

a very tender child who always seems to be sick

Synonyms of tender

debilitated, delicate, down-and-out, effete, enervated, enfeebled, faint, feeble, frail, infirm, languid, low, prostrate, prostrated, sapped, slight, soft, softened, unsubstantial, wasted, weak, weakened, wimpish, wimpy

Words Related to tender

challenged, disabled, incapacitated, invalid

broken-down, decrepit

impotent, powerless

breakable, flimsy, fragile

dizzy, groggy, rocky, unsteady, woozy

drained, exhausted, flagging, tired, weary, worn-out

damaged, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, lame, unsound

resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding

Near Antonyms of tender

able-bodied, athletic, beefy, brawny, fit, husky, muscular, sinewy, strapping, virile

hard, hardy, lusty, red-blooded, robust, sturdy, tough

fortified, hardened, inured, strengthened, toughened

energetic, energized, invigorated, vigorous, vitalized

hale, healthy, sound

capable, competent

convalescing, recovering, recuperating

Antonyms of tender

mighty, powerful, rugged, stalwart, stout, strong

5 not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect

His tender comments on how to improve her writing style were gratefully received.

Synonyms of tender

balmy, benign, bland, delicate, gentle, light, mellow, mild, nonabrasive, soft, soothing

Words Related to tender

calm, pacific, peaceful, placid, quiet, serene, tranquil

clement, compassionate, easy, lenient, merciful

buffering, cushioning, emollient, softening

sleek, slick, smooth

Near Antonyms of tender

exquisite, fierce, intense, powerful, severe

forceful, forcible, savage, violent

roughened, rugged, strong

abrading, irritating, roughening

grim, gruff, rude, stiff

heavy-handed, oppressive, pitiless, tyrannical (also tyrannic)

Antonyms of tender

abrasive, caustic, coarse, hard, harsh, rough, scathing, stern, ungentle

tender

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of tender

something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment

Money from that board game is not legal tender and can't be exchanged for goods or services.

Synonyms of tender

bread [slang], bucks, cash, change, chips, coin, currency, dough, gold, green, jack [slang], legal tender, lucre, money, pelf, wampum

Words Related to tender

coinage, specie

paper money, scrip

banknote, cashier's check, check, draft, money order, note, promissory note

bill, dollar, greenback

bankroll, capital, finances, funds, wad, wallet

mite, peanuts, pittance, shoestring

bundle, fortune, king's ransom, mint, pile, pot

opulence, riches, treasure, wealth

resources, wherewithal

petty cash, pin money, pocket money, spending money

tender

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of tender

to put before another for acceptance or consideration

The coach tendered his resignation and started a new career as a physical therapist.

Synonyms of tender

extend, give, offer, proffer, trot out

Words Related to tender

give in, submit

Phrases Synonymous with tender

run by (or run past)

Near Antonyms of tender

accept, receive, take

accredit, approbate, approve, authorize, clear, confirm, finalize, formalize, OK (or okay), ratify, sanction, warrant

decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, reject, turn down, veto

rebuff, rebut, refuse, spurn

retract, withdraw

disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook

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