TENSE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
   Hypernyms(s) tense is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • grammatical category (what does grammatical category mean?)
   • syntactic category (what does syntactic category mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • present (what does present mean?)
   • present tense (what does present tense mean?)
   • aorist (what does aorist mean?)
   • past (what does past mean?)
   • past tense (what does past tense mean?)
   • future (what does future mean?)
   • future tense (what does future tense mean?)
   • progressive (what does progressive mean?)
   • progressive tense (what does progressive tense mean?)
   • imperfect (what does imperfect mean?)
   • imperfect tense (what does imperfect tense mean?)
   • continuous tense (what does continuous tense mean?)
   • perfective (what does perfective mean?)
   • perfective tense (what does perfective tense mean?)
   • perfect (what does perfect mean?)
   • perfect tense (what does perfect tense mean?)

TENSE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
   Synonym(s)
   • strain (what does strain mean?)
   • tense up (what does tense up mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) tense is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • affect (what does affect mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • relax (what does relax mean?)
   • unstrain (what does unstrain mean?)
   • unlax (what does unlax mean?)
   • loosen up (what does loosen up mean?)
   • unwind (what does unwind mean?)
   • make relaxed (what does make relaxed mean?)
   • relax (what does relax mean?)
   • unstrain (what does unstrain mean?)
   • unlax (what does unlax mean?)
   • loosen up (what does loosen up mean?)
   • unwind (what does unwind mean?)
   • make relaxed (what does make relaxed mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • crick (what does crick mean?)
   • stretch (what does stretch mean?)
   • extend (what does extend mean?)
   Cause(s)
   • tense (what does tense mean?)
   • tense up (what does tense up mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • strain (what does strain mean?)
   • tension (what does tension mean?)
   • tensity (what does tensity mean?)
   • tenseness (what does tenseness mean?)
   • tautness (what does tautness mean?)
2. Meaning
   • become tense or tenser
   Synonym(s)
   • tense up (what does tense up mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room
   Hypernyms(s) tense is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change state (what does change state mean?)
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • relax (what does relax mean?)
   • loosen up (what does loosen up mean?)
   • unbend (what does unbend mean?)
   • unwind (what does unwind mean?)
   • decompress (what does decompress mean?)
   • slow down (what does slow down mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tension (what does tension mean?)
   • tensity (what does tensity mean?)
   • tenseness (what does tenseness mean?)
   • tautness (what does tautness mean?)
   • tensor (what does tensor mean?)
3. Meaning
   • increase the tension on
   Usage Example(s)
   • tense a rope
   Hypernyms(s) tense is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tension (what does tension mean?)
   • tension (what does tension mean?)
4. Meaning
   • stretch or force to the limit
   Synonym(s)
   • strain (what does strain mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • strain the rope
   Hypernyms(s) tense is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • tighten (what does tighten mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tension (what does tension mean?)
   • tension (what does tension mean?)
   • strain (what does strain mean?)

TENSE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • taut or rigid
   • stretched tight
   Usage Example(s)
   • tense piano strings
   Antonym(s)
   • lax (what does lax mean?)
   Similar To
   • overstrung (what does overstrung mean?)
   • taut (what does taut mean?)
   • tight (what does tight mean?)
   See Also
   • tight (what does tight mean?)
2. Meaning
   • pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat”)
   Antonym(s)
   • lax (what does lax mean?)
   Similar To
   • constricted (what does constricted mean?)
3. Meaning
   • in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
   Antonym(s)
   • relaxed (what does relaxed mean?)
   • at ease (what does at ease mean?)
   Similar To
   • aroused (what does aroused mean?)
   • wound up (what does wound up mean?)
   • cliff-hanging (what does cliff-hanging mean?)
   • suspenseful (what does suspenseful mean?)
   • suspensive (what does suspensive mean?)
   • nail-biting (what does nail-biting mean?)
   • drawn (what does drawn mean?)
   • taut (what does taut mean?)
   • edgy (what does edgy mean?)
   • high-strung (what does high-strung mean?)
   • highly strung (what does highly strung mean?)
   • in suspense(p) (what does in suspense(p) mean?)
   • jittery (what does jittery mean?)
   • jumpy (what does jumpy mean?)
   • nervy (what does nervy mean?)
   • overstrung (what does overstrung mean?)
   • restive (what does restive mean?)
   • uptight (what does uptight mean?)
   • electric (what does electric mean?)
   • isotonic (what does isotonic mean?)
   • nervous (what does nervous mean?)
   • strained (what does strained mean?)
   • unrelaxed (what does unrelaxed mean?)
   • pumped-up(a) (what does pumped-up(a) mean?)
   • pumped up(p) (what does pumped up(p) mean?)
   • pumped(p) (what does pumped(p) mean?)
   • wired (what does wired mean?)
   See Also
   • agitated (what does agitated mean?)
   • uneasy (what does uneasy mean?)