(tense) 1 syllables

Definition

adjective. feeling anxious or nervous. it can also refer to a grammatical form that shows time.

Example Sentence

He was very tense.

More Example Sentences

He was tense during the big game.

Synonyms

anxious; nervous; strained

Antonyms

relaxed; calm; easygoing

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Rhymes

  • bence
  • cents
  • dense
  • fence
  • hence
  • hense
  • pence
  • pense
  • sense
  • spence
  • spens
  • tense
  • thence
  • whence

  • commence
  • condense
  • defence
  • defense
  • dispense
  • expense
  • ferenc
  • immense
  • incense
  • intense
  • offense
  • pretense
  • suspense

  • commonsense
  • nondefense

  • misrepresents