Synonyms and Antonyms of tense up

synonym (synonym of tense up)

  • (verb.body)
    tense
    become tense, nervous, or uneasy (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.body)
    strain, tense
    cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious (verb.body)
     

antonym (antonym of tense up)

hypernym (tense up IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • become tense, nervous, or uneasy (verb.body)
    change state, turn
    undergo a transformation or a change of position or action (verb.change)
     
  • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious (verb.body)
    affect
    act physically on; have an effect upon (verb.body)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF tense up relation)

  • (verb.body)
    extend, stretch
    extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body (verb.body)
     

cause (cause to relations of tense up)

  • (verb.body)
    tense, tense up
    become tense, nervous, or uneasy (verb.body)
     

derivation (.... is derived from tense up)

  • become tense, nervous, or uneasy (verb.body)
    tensor
    any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm (noun.body)
     
  • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious (verb.body)
    strain
    (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • (noun.state)
    tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity
    the physical condition of being stretched or strained (noun.state)
     
synonym antonym hypernym hyponym cause derivation tense strain loosen up make relaxed relax unlax decompress slow down affect change state turn extend stretch tense strain tautness tenseness tensor
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. tense . strain, tense . decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind . loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unstrain, unwind . change state, turn . affect . extend, stretch . tense, tense up . tensor . strain . tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity


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