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Synonyms Dictionary

See - tense (def. 2).

tenuity, n. 1. tenuousness, flimsiness. See - tenuousness.
2. slenderness, thinness, fineness, leanness; gracility, gracileness, delicateness, delicacy; frailty, frailness, fragility, fragileness; sheerness, diaphaneity, diaphanousness; lightness, etherealness, airiness, unsub-staniality; refinement, subtlety, rareness; rarefaction, attenuation, etherealization, spiritualization, volatilization, vaporization,

tenuous, adj. 1. thin, slender, attenuated, rare, rarefied; fine, airy, light, ethereal, frail, fragile, delicate, gossamer, gossamery.
2. unsubstantial, weak, flimsy; of little
or no significance or importance, insignificant, unimportant, inconsequential; trivial, trifling, negligible, paltry, petty, niggling; doubtful, dubious, questionable, uncertain.
3. vague, general, nebulous, hazy; indefinite, ill-defined, unspecific, undetailed; sketchy, partial, unconvincing.

tenuousness, n. shakiness, insecurity, precariousness, SI. hairiness; uncertainty, indefiniteness, doubtfulness, dubiousness; vagueness, haziness, nebulousness, fuzziness; weakness, flimsiness, insubstantiality. See - tenuity (def. 2).

tenure, n. 1. holding, possessing, possession, retention, Law. seizin; tenancy, tenantry, renting, leasing; occupancy, occupation, residence, residency, in-habitance, inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation, hab-itancy, domiciliation, Law. commorancy.
2. incumbency, term of office, time in office, length of service; length of residence, stay, sojourn, visit, stop, stopover, stop-off, layover.
3. permanent status, permanency, permanence; job security, guarantee of continued employment.

tergiversate, v. 1. vacillate, shilly-shally, seesaw. Inf. flip-flop, blow hot and cold, waver; shift, hedge, fence, beat around the bush; equivocate, prevaricate, quibble, Inf. waffle, fudge, palter, lie; evade, dodge, elude, weasel out, shuffle; qualify, trim, modify, compromise; double-talk, Inf. talk out of both sides of one's mouth, Inf. straddle, hold with the hare but run with the hounds; backtrack, back-pedal, sidetrack, mislead, deceive, mystify, dissemble.
2. turn renegade
or traitor, change loyalties, shift ground; veer round, do an about-face, reverse oneself; renege, back out, bail out, bow out, SI. cop out, Inf. crawfish; defect, abandon allegiance, desert, change sides, break faith, go over, bolt, apostatize,

term, n. 1. word, vocable, phrase, locution, expression; name, designation, denomination, appellation, title.
2. period, eon, era, epoch, age, time, days, years; space, spell, snap, interval, stretch, span, stage, duration, date; season, cycle.
3. reign, rule, presidency, administration, ministry, incumbency.
4. semester, session, course; sentence.
5. terms a.
conditions, provisions, provisos, stipulations, demands; articles, clauses, particulars, points, qualifications; premises, assumptions, suppositions. b. footing, standing, relations.
-v. 6. call, name, designate, christen, baptize, style, dub, entitle,
Archaic, clepe; label, tag, define,

termagant, n. virago, shrew, harpy, fury; vixen, spitfire, she-wolf, hell-cat, tigress; haridan, witch, ogress, old cat, brimstone, Inf. battle-ax; gorgon, hag, crone, beldam, SI. bitch; nag, Inf biddy, Inf. old biddy; scold, common scold, fishwife; grouch, crab, grumbler; henpecker, faultfinder, rebuker, reviler,

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