tension (ten-sion)

Definition


noun.
1 the act of stretching or state of being stretched; strain; 2 physical mental or emotional strain

Example Sentence

There is a lot of tension on the rope.

Synonyms

pressure; fear; nervous; anxious; jittery

Antonyms

calm; collected

Rhymes

  • gentian
  • henschen
  • mention
  • pension
  • tension

  • ascension
  • attention
  • contention
  • convention
  • detention
  • dimension
  • dissension
  • extension
  • invention
  • laurentian
  • pretension
  • prevention
  • retention
  • suspension

  • apprehension
  • comprehension
  • condescension
  • hypertension
  • hypotension
  • reinvention

  • misapprehension