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(Entry 1 of 3)
- a tender wound
- tender plants that cannot take the cold
- tender pride that got bruised when his girlfriend dumped him
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- a tender embrace between father and daughter
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- an especially tender teacher who loves having kids with special educational needs in her class
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- affable,
- amicable,
- benign,
- companionable,
- comradely,
- cordial,
- friendly,
- genial,
- gentle,
- good,
- good-natured,
- good-tempered,
- gracious,
- mild,
- neighborly,
- nice,
- pleasant,
- sweet,
- warm
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- a very tender child who always seems to be sick
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- his tender comments on how to improve her writing style were gratefully received
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- heavy-handed,
- oppressive,
- pitiless,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic)
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tender
nounSynonyms of tender (Entry 2 of 3)
- money from that board game is not legal tender and can't be exchanged for goods or services
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- 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 or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim),
- wampum
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- dead presidents
- [slang],
- folding money,
- paper money,
- scrip
- chump change,
- dibs
- [slang],
- dime,
- mite,
- peanuts,
- pittance,
- shoestring
tender
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of tender (Entry 3 of 3)
- the coach tendered his resignation and started a new career as a physical therapist
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From the Editors at Merriam-Webster
'Tender' and Its Not-So-Delicate History
'Tender' and Its Not-So-Delicate History
The word has "soft" roots, but is firmly planted.
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“Tender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tender. Accessed 22 Sep. 2020.
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The first known use of tender was in the 13th century
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