What are some opposite words for tender?
Antonyms for tender
ˈtɛn dərten·der
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
tender
Friendly, as said of persons, signifies having the disposition of a friend; as said of acts, it signifies befitting or worthy of a friend. The adjective friendly does not reach the full significance of the nouns "friend" and "friendship;" one may be friendly to those who are not his friends, and to be in friendly relations often signifies little more than not to be hostile. In its application to persons, accessible is used of public and eminent persons, who might, if disposed, hold themselves at a distance from others. Companionable and sociable refer to manner and behavior, cordial and genial express genuine kindliness of heart. We speak of a cordial greeting, a favorable reception, a neighborly call, a sociable visitor, an amicable settlement, a kind interest, a friendly regard, a hearty welcome. The Saxon friendly is stronger than the Latin amicable; the amicable may be merely formal; the friendly is from the heart. Fond is commonly applied to an affection that becomes, or at least appears, excessive. Affectionate, devoted, and tender are almost always used in a high and good sense; as, an affectionate son; a devoted friend; "the tender mercy of our God," Luke i, 78. Compare FRIENDSHIP.
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adverse, alienated, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, cold, contentious, disaffected, distant, estranged, frigid, hostile, ill-disposed, indifferent, inimical, unfriendly, unkind, warlikeSynonyms:
accessible, affable, affectionate, amicable, brotherly, companionable, complaisant, cordial, favorable, fond, friendly, genial, hearty, kind, kindly, loving, neighborly, sociable, social, well-disposed
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
tenderverb
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withhold, withdraw, retain, appropriatetender
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strong, sturdy, hardy, robust, tough, iron, pitiless, unmerciful, cruel, hard-hearted, careless, liberal, lavish, unchary, ungentle, rough, rude, coarse, unsentimental, unmoving, unfeeling, unimpressive, unimpassioned, unimpressedSynonyms:
delicate, frail, impressible, susceptible, yielding, soft, effeminate, weak, feeble, compassionate, affectionate, careful, jealous, gentle, mild, meek, pitiful, merciful, pathetic
Princeton's WordNet
tender, legal tender, stampnoun
something that can be used as an official medium of payment
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unchewable, gristly, coriaceous, hardened, leathery, leatherlike, thickened, painless, fibrous, pugnacious, tough, weather-beaten, rugged, calloused, hard-bitten, old, hard-boiled, tough-skinned, inured, unsentimental, chewy, stringy, sinewy, rubbery, leathered, callous, cartilaginous, hempen, toughened, stable, enured, tough-minded, unlovingSynonyms:
seal, ship's boat, pestle, postage, pinnace, attendant, mould, revenue stamp, cast, mold, cutter, bid, postage stamp, attender, supply ship, legal tender, stamp, impressionattendant, attender, tendernoun
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
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enured, gristly, leathery, inured, unloving, tough, leatherlike, hard-boiled, toughened, sinewy, stringy, coriaceous, leathered, rubbery, hard-bitten, hempen, unchewable, tough-skinned, hardened, fibrous, old, pugnacious, calloused, cartilaginous, painless, unsentimental, tough-minded, thickened, weather-beaten, rugged, stable, chewy, callousSynonyms:
cutter, ship's boat, pinnace, meeter, legal tender, bid, accompaniment, co-occurrence, listener, attendee, hearer, attender, auditor, concomitant, stamp, attendant, supply shipbid, tendernoun
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
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hard-boiled, old, tough-skinned, hempen, fibrous, calloused, pugnacious, coriaceous, unloving, unchewable, hardened, thickened, unsentimental, tough, hard-bitten, inured, rubbery, enured, toughened, cartilaginous, weather-beaten, leatherlike, stringy, sinewy, painless, chewy, rugged, gristly, stable, tough-minded, leathery, callous, leatheredSynonyms:
play, bidding, bid, command, supply ship, pinnace, attender, cutter, ship's boat, stamp, dictation, attendant, legal tendertendernoun
car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
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tough, fibrous, rugged, tough-minded, enured, thickened, weather-beaten, calloused, unsentimental, leatherlike, tough-skinned, hempen, stable, toughened, sinewy, hard-bitten, pugnacious, gristly, chewy, unloving, leathery, stringy, inured, leathered, hard-boiled, unchewable, painless, rubbery, callous, old, coriaceous, cartilaginous, hardenedSynonyms:
bid, ship's boat, pinnace, attender, cutter, supply ship, stamp, attendant, legal tendertender, ship's boat, pinnace, cutternoun
a boat for communication between ship and shore
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hempen, unloving, tough, painless, pugnacious, unsentimental, cartilaginous, leatherlike, stringy, rugged, callous, stable, unchewable, leathery, calloused, hardened, rubbery, tough-skinned, chewy, weather-beaten, inured, hard-bitten, old, enured, fibrous, gristly, hard-boiled, leathered, thickened, toughened, tough-minded, coriaceous, sinewySynonyms:
bid, ship's boat, cutting tool, pinnace, attender, cutter, supply ship, stamp, stonecutter, attendant, cutlery, carver, legal tendertender, supply shipadjective
ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
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leatherlike, toughened, tough, leathery, fibrous, inured, leathered, hard-boiled, sinewy, rubbery, pugnacious, thickened, calloused, weather-beaten, enured, rugged, hempen, tough-minded, unchewable, stable, cartilaginous, gristly, unsentimental, hard-bitten, hardened, painless, callous, old, stringy, tough-skinned, chewy, unloving, coriaceousSynonyms:
bid, ship's boat, pinnace, attender, cutter, supply ship, stamp, attendant, legal tendertenderadjective
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
"a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"
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tough-skinned, cartilaginous, callous, toughened, rugged, fibrous, stable, hempen, weather-beaten, leatherlike, calloused, unsentimental, hard-bitten, pugnacious, rubbery, sinewy, chewy, stringy, gristly, leathery, thickened, old, tough, unloving, unchewable, coriaceous, inured, leathered, tough-minded, hard-boiled, enured, painless, hardenedSynonyms:
sensitive, crank, cranky, lovesome, warm, raw, fond, tippy, affectionate, sore, untoughenedsensitive, sore, raw, tenderadjective
hurting
"the tender spot on his jaw"
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stable, coriaceous, toughened, painless, gristly, tough-minded, pugnacious, fibrous, leathery, unloving, rugged, tough-skinned, leathered, stringy, enured, hard-boiled, rubbery, hempen, cartilaginous, tough, hardened, thickened, inured, unsentimental, leatherlike, callous, old, unchewable, calloused, sinewy, hard-bitten, chewy, weather-beatenSynonyms:
stark naked, sensitive, bare-assed, new, sore, fond, cranky, crank, raw, warm, naked as a jaybird, unsanded, natural, peeled, in the altogether, painful, cutting, in the raw, affectionate, crude, mad, tippy, afflictive, bare-ass, raw(a), rude(a), naked, bleak, huffy, lovesome, sensible, untoughened, in the bufftenderadjective
young and immature
"at a tender age"
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leathered, fibrous, enured, stable, sinewy, cartilaginous, inured, calloused, hard-boiled, old, unchewable, chewy, painless, hard-bitten, hardened, unloving, rubbery, gristly, unsentimental, tough-skinned, coriaceous, leathery, tough, rugged, thickened, hempen, weather-beaten, leatherlike, toughened, stringy, tough-minded, pugnacious, callousSynonyms:
sensitive, crank, cranky, lovesome, warm, raw, fond, tippy, affectionate, sore, untoughenedaffectionate, fond, lovesome, tender, warmadjective
having or displaying warmth or affection
"affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
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fibrous, hempen, enured, gristly, calloused, tough, leathery, hard-bitten, leathered, callous, hardened, tough-minded, unchewable, rubbery, pugnacious, hard-boiled, stringy, sinewy, old, tough-skinned, thickened, painless, rugged, chewy, stable, inured, weather-beaten, toughened, unloving, cartilaginous, leatherlike, coriaceous, unsentimentalSynonyms:
crank, fond, sensitive, adoring, partial(p), doting, untoughened, fond(p), raw, quick, lovesome, ardent, warm, tippy, cranky, sore, affectionate, strongtenderadjective
easy to cut or chew
"tender beef"
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unsentimental, fibrous, chewy, gristly, sinewy, pugnacious, painless, hardened, rubbery, enured, hard-boiled, hempen, inured, rugged, toughened, leathered, tough, coriaceous, thickened, stable, callous, unloving, leatherlike, stringy, calloused, old, tough-skinned, cartilaginous, tough-minded, unchewable, leathery, hard-bitten, weather-beatenSynonyms:
sensitive, crank, cranky, lovesome, warm, raw, fond, tippy, affectionate, sore, untoughenedtender, untoughenedadjective
physically untoughened
"tender feet"
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pugnacious, callous, hardened, painless, leathery, sinewy, hard-boiled, leathered, enured, leatherlike, coriaceous, old, chewy, tough-skinned, toughened, cartilaginous, tough-minded, rubbery, stringy, tough, weather-beaten, thickened, fibrous, unloving, stable, rugged, hard-bitten, gristly, calloused, hempen, unchewable, unsentimental, inuredSynonyms:
sensitive, crank, cranky, lovesome, warm, raw, fond, tippy, affectionate, sore, untoughenedcrank, cranky, tender, tippyadjective
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
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thickened, leathery, toughened, hard-boiled, chewy, tough, unchewable, leathered, rugged, unloving, leatherlike, inured, unsentimental, weather-beaten, stable, cartilaginous, callous, coriaceous, hempen, sinewy, painless, pugnacious, stringy, enured, hardened, rubbery, old, calloused, tough-skinned, hard-bitten, gristly, tough-minded, fibrousSynonyms:
untoughened, pettish, crank, peckish, petulant, sensitive, fond, peevish, tetchy, irritable, warm, raw, fractious, nettlesome, scratchy, techy, tippy, cranky, sore, affectionate, lovesome, testytenderverb
(of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
"tender green shoots"
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old, hardened, fibrous, leathered, tough, unchewable, leatherlike, rubbery, stringy, unsentimental, unloving, gristly, callous, inured, tough-minded, thickened, hard-boiled, painless, hard-bitten, hempen, stable, weather-beaten, calloused, tough-skinned, pugnacious, rugged, toughened, leathery, coriaceous, cartilaginous, sinewy, enured, chewySynonyms:
sensitive, crank, cranky, lovesome, warm, raw, fond, tippy, affectionate, sore, untoughenedtenderverb
offer or present for acceptance
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tough, rubbery, painless, inured, leathery, hardened, stable, sinewy, fibrous, thickened, unsentimental, hempen, enured, coriaceous, gristly, old, unloving, hard-bitten, pugnacious, toughened, weather-beaten, calloused, hard-boiled, rugged, callous, stringy, tough-minded, unchewable, chewy, cartilaginous, leathered, leatherlike, tough-skinnedoffer, bid, tenderverb
propose a payment
"The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
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fibrous, unchewable, callous, hardened, tough, pugnacious, hempen, calloused, rugged, toughened, unloving, tough-minded, cartilaginous, hard-bitten, stable, leatherlike, chewy, tough-skinned, leathered, leathery, painless, hard-boiled, unsentimental, stringy, thickened, rubbery, old, weather-beaten, enured, inured, coriaceous, sinewy, gristlySynonyms:
declare oneself, tenderize, put up, pop the question, entreat, press, beseech, tenderise, conjure, offer up, propose, offer, extend, wish, call, proffer, bid, adjure, provide, volunteer, invitetenderverb
make a tender of; in legal settlements
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tough, inured, unsentimental, leathery, leathered, weather-beaten, gristly, pugnacious, leatherlike, calloused, stringy, cartilaginous, fibrous, enured, hempen, rugged, toughened, tough-minded, thickened, callous, painless, old, hardened, coriaceous, unchewable, hard-bitten, sinewy, hard-boiled, stable, chewy, unloving, tough-skinned, rubberytender, tenderize, tenderiseverb
make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
"tenderize meat"
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hardened, sinewy, cartilaginous, weather-beaten, leatherlike, hard-bitten, unchewable, stringy, toughened, unsentimental, painless, chewy, leathered, unloving, fibrous, callous, thickened, hard-boiled, tough, rugged, pugnacious, gristly, calloused, old, leathery, tough-minded, coriaceous, enured, tough-skinned, stable, inured, rubbery, hempen
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
How to use tender in a sentence?
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.
He speaks very little, he's an immensely lovely person, a very tender person. But he doesn't remember anything. All he remembers is his name. That's it.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
Having a lot of vigorous sex in a short period of time can leave you feeling raw and tender.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#371 | old | |
#1152 | appropriate | |
#1340 | strong | |
#1986 | cold | |
#2441 | iron | |
#3947 | stable | |
#4110 | liberal | |
#4924 | tough | |
#5548 | rough | |
#5680 | adverse | |
#6740 | tender | |
#6857 | retain | |
#7893 | robust | |
#9085 | distant | |
#10393 | hardy | |
#10524 | withdraw | |
#11289 | cruel | |
#12142 | rugged | |
#12170 | hostile | |
#12199 | rude | |
#14475 | coarse | |
#14954 | sturdy | |
#20615 | hardened | |
#23641 | withhold | |
#24087 | indifferent | |
#24888 | careless | |
#27677 | painless | |
#27806 | contentious | |
#28195 | lavish | |
#35905 | fibrous | |
#36720 | alienated | |
#40140 | unfriendly | |
#44129 | chewy | |
#45446 | estranged | |
#46849 | thickened | |
#49221 | antagonistic | |
#52117 | frigid | |
#53842 | callous | |
#55147 | belligerent | |
#60499 | unkind | |
#64070 | disaffected | |
#65150 | unimpressed | |
#66269 | warlike | |
#77615 | stringy | |
#77839 | toughened | |
#80858 | leathery | |
#81196 | rubbery | |
#88290 | unimpressive | |
#88971 | inimical | |
#103416 | pitiless | |
#115380 | bellicose | |
#116056 | unfeeling | |
#133494 | pugnacious | |
#135706 | cartilaginous | |
#137993 | unmoving | |
#146164 | sinewy | |
#154926 | unsentimental | |
#155694 | inured | |
#163084 | calloused | |
#185293 | unloving | |
#222327 | unmerciful | |
#255644 | hempen |
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