tender
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- gentle, affectionate, caring, compassionate, considerate, kind, loving, sympathetic, tenderhearted, warm-hearted
- vulnerable, immature, impressionable, inexperienced, raw, sensitive, young, youthful
- sensitive, bruised, inflamed, painful, raw, sore
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[verb]
Synonyms:
- offer, give, hand in, present, proffer, propose, put forward, submit, volunteer
[noun]
Synonyms:
- offer, bid, estimate, proposal, submission
- legal tender: currency, money, payment

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Antonyms: rough, severe
Contrasted words: callous, hard, harsh, inhumane, uncharitable, unfeeling
Related Words: gentle, lenient, mild, soft, yielding, considerate, solicitous, thoughtful, affectionate, fond, loving, benevolent, charitable, humane, commiserative, forgiving, merciful, tolerant, propose, purpose, submit, suggest

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English Thesaurus: painful, tender, stiff, sore, soft, ...

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I. ten‧der¹ /ˈtendə $ -ər/ adjective
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: tendre, from Latin tener 'soft, young']

1. FOOD tender food is easy to cut and eat, especially because it has been well cooked Antonym : tough:
Continue cooking until the meat is tender.

2. PART OF YOUR BODY a part of your body that is tender is painful if someone touches it:
My arm is still tender where I bruised it.

3. GENTLE gentle and careful in a way that shows love:
Her voice was tender and soft.
a slow, tender kiss

4. EASILY DAMAGED easily damaged – used especially about plants or flowers:
tender plants that were killed by the harsh winter

5. tender loving care usually spoken sympathetic treatment and a lot of attention Synonym : TLC

6. tender age the time when you are young or do not have much experience
at the tender age of something
Nicholas was sent to boarding school at the tender age of seven.
—tenderly adverb
—tenderness noun [uncountable]

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II. tender² verb
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: tendre 'to hold out, offer', from Latin tendere; ⇒ tend]

1. [transitive] formal to formally offer or show something to someone:
As company secretary, you must tender the proposal.
tender something to somebody
The seller has the right to keep the goods until payment is tendered to him.
Minton tendered her resignation on Friday.

2. [intransitive] British English to make a formal offer to do a job or provide goods or services for a particular price Synonym : bid American English
tender for
We are unable to tender competitively for the contract.

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III. tender³ noun [countable]
[Sense 1: Date: 1500-1600; Origin: tender]
[Sense 2-3: Date: 1400-1500; Origin: ⇒ tend]

1. especially British English a formal statement of the price you would charge for doing a job or providing goods or services Synonym : bid American English:
Our bid was the lowest tender.
put something out to tender British English (=to ask different companies to say how much they will charge for doing a particular job)
The contract for building the houses will be put out to tender.

2. a small boat that takes people or supplies between the shore and a larger boat

3. part of a steam train used for carrying coal and water for the train
⇒ bartender, legal tender

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tender
adj.
I. kind and loving
VERBS be, feel, seem | become
ADV. very | almost Her expression became soft, almost tender.
quite
PREP. towards He felt tender and loving towards her.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

tender
II. soft and easy to cut/bite
VERBS be, seem | become
ADV. beautifully, very This meat is beautifully tender.
just Boil the potatoes in salted water until just tender.
almost | quite

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tender
III. painful when touched
VERBS be, feel, look The back of my neck feels very tender.
become
ADV. very | rather, slightly

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tender
noun
ADJ. highest, lowest | successful | competitive | open, private, public
VERB + TENDER lodge, make, put in, submit | invite, put sth out to, seek The government invited tenders for a project to computerize the social security system. The laundry service was put out to competitive tender.
go out to The building of the new school will go out to tender.
win | lose | accept
TENDER + NOUN offer | document, list | price
PREP. by ~ The property is to be sold by tender.

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painful used for describing a part of the body that hurts:
Her leg is still painful where she broke it.
painful joints
She was suffering from painful stomach cramps.
tender painful when touched:
The skin around the wound is very tender.
stiff painful and difficult to move:
I’ve got a stiff neck.
Her body was stiff from sitting in the car for so long.
sore painful as a result of a wound, infection, or too much exercise:
sore muscles
a sore throat
The wound was sore and red.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

soft not hard, firm, or stiff, but easy to press:
a soft mattress
Her skin was lovely and soft.
soft ground
tender used about meat or vegetables that are soft and easy to cut, especially because they have been well cooked:
The beef was very tender.
Cook the carrots until tender.
soggy very wet and too soft, in a way that seems unpleasant – used about bread, vegetables, and the ground:
soggy cabbage
a piece of soggy bread
The ground was too soggy to walk on.
squishy soft and easy to press – used especially about fruit that is too soft, and about soft wet ground which makes a noise when you walk on it:
squishy tomatoes
The leaves were squishy under our feet.
squashy British English soft and easy to press – used especially about fruit that is too soft, and about chairs that are soft and comfortable:
The peaches have gone all squashy.
a big squashy sofa
mushy used about fruit or vegetables that are very soft, wet, and unpleasant, because they are not fresh or have been cooked for too long:
mushy pieces of banana
a few mushy carrots
spongy soft and full of holes that contain air or liquid like a sponge:
a spongy foam
a spongy loaf
His boots sank into the spongy soil.
springy used about something that is soft and comes back to its normal shape after being pressed or walked on:
springy turf (=grass)
Her hair felt lovely and springy.
pliable /ˈplaɪəbəl/ used about a material or substance that can be bent or pressed without breaking or cracking:
The clay was still pliable and not too dry.
yielding literary used about a surface which is soft and will bend when you press it:
yielding flesh

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