Antonyms of tense from BoostVocab

tense

/tɛns/

verb
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
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"he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"

Similar:

strain tense up

Opposite:

relax

type of:
affect
verb
become stretched or tense or taut
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"the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed"

Similar:

strain

type of:
tighten
verb
become tense, nervous, or uneasy
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"He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"

Similar:

tense up

Opposite:

relax

type of:
turn change state
noun
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
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type of:
grammatical category syntactic category
verb
increase the tension on
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"alternately relax and tense your calf muscle" "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"

type of:
alter modify change
adjective
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
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isotonic antsy aroused cliff-hanging edgy electric fidgety fretful high-strung highly strung suspensive taut unrelaxed uptight wired wound up itchy jittery jumpy nail-biting nervous nervy overstrung pumped pumped-up pumped up restive strained suspenseful

Opposite:

relaxed
adjective
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
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constricted

Opposite:

lax
adjective
taut or rigid; stretched tight
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"tense piano strings"

Similar:

tight taut overstrung

Opposite:

lax

Antonyms of tense

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