Synonyms for tense

• (adj) aroused (similar term), wound up (similar term), cliff-hanging (similar term), suspenseful (similar term), suspensive (similar term), nail-biting (similar term), taut (similar term), edgy (similar term), high-strung (similar term), highly strung (similar term), in suspense (similar term), jittery (similar term), jumpy (similar term), nervy (similar term), overstrung (similar term), restive (similar term), uptight (similar term), electric (similar term), isotonic (similar term), nervous (similar term), strained (similar term), unrelaxed (similar term), pumped-up (similar term), pumped up (similar term), pumped (similar term), wired (similar term), agitated (related term), uneasy (related term), relaxed (antonym)
  
  
• (adj) constricted (similar term), lax (antonym)
  
  
• (adj) overstrung (similar term), taut (similar term), tight (similar term), tight (related term), lax (antonym)
  
  
• (noun) grammatical category, syntactic category
  
  
• (verb) strain, tighten
  
  
• (verb) change, alter, modify
  
  
• (verb) tense up, change state, turn, relax (antonym)
  
  
• (verb) strain, tense up, affect, unstrain (antonym), relax (antonym)
  
  

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