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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 when his girlfriend dumped him
Synonyms of tender

delicate, fragile, frail, sensitive
Words Related to tender

breakable, brittle, crushable, eggshell, frangible, friable

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

nonhardy, 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

tough

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, friendly, humane, kind, understanding, warmhearted

ardent, fervent, impassioned, passionate, warm

amatory, amorous, erotic (also erotical)

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, hard-boiled, heartless, pitiless, ruthless, soulless, unromantic, unsentimental
Antonyms of tender

unloving

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

attentive, 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

anticruelty, cruelty-free
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

asthenic, 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

paralyzed

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, cabbage [slang], cash, change, chips, coin, currency, dough, gold, green, jack [slang], kale [slang], legal tender, lolly [British], long green [slang], loot, lucre, money, moola (or moolah) [slang], needful, pelf, scratch [slang], shekels (also sheqels), wampum
Words Related to tender

coinage, specie

dead presidents [slang], folding money, paper money, scrip

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

bill, dollar, greenback

bankroll, capital, finances, funds, roll [slang], wad, wallet

chump change, dibs [slang], dime, mite, peanuts, pittance, shoestring

big bucks, bomb [British], boodle, bundle, earth, fortune, king's ransom, megabucks, mint, packet [chiefly British], pile, pot

abundance, means, opulence, riches, treasure, wealth

resources, wherewithal

mad money, 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

pose, propose

hold out

give in, submit

volunteer
Phrases Synonymous with tender

run by (or run past)
Near Antonyms of tender

accept, receive, take

accredit, approbate, approve, authorize, clear, confirm, finalize, formalize, homologate, 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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