Synonyms Dictionary
6. tender-hearted, kind, compassionate. See tenderhearted.
7. affectionate, cordial, friendly, amiable, pleasant, agreeable; loving, amatory, amorous, fond, adoring, devoted; melting, emotional, sentimental, romantic.
8. sensitive, sore, easily pained, smarting, painful, hurting; aching, throbbing, red, inflamed, irritated.
9. ticklish, touchy, difficult, arduous, risky, dangerous; knotty, involved, complicated, complex, perplexing, baffling, troublesome. tender2, v. 1. present, proffer, offer; propose, suggest, recommend, put forward, hold out, extend; volunteer, give up, cede, yield; pose, set forth, advance, propound; submit, set before; bid, proposition, make overtures, make advances.
-n. 2. offer, proffer, proposal, proposition, offering, presentation; recommendation, suggestion, advice, submission; overture, invitation, bid.
3. payment, recompense, compensation; legal tender, currency, money, monies, specie, coin, cash, bills, notes, bank notes, dollars, SI. spondulicks. tender3, n. 1. caretaker, watcher, watchman, night watchman, watchdog, lookout, observer; sitter, babysitter, house-sitter.
2. dinghy, dispatch boat, launch, pilot boat, tugboat, tug, lighter; jollyboat, rowboat, motorboat, outboard, runabout, skiff, scow, dory, gig. tenderfoot, n. 1. novice, tyro, beginner, neophyte, youngling, freshman, abecedarian; learner, student, pupil, disciple; intern, apprentice, trainee, probationer; fledgling, cub, recruit, raw recruit, rookie, entrant, initiate, novitiate, catechumen.
2. newcomer, Dial, newie; immigrant, greenhorn, setller, pioneer, homesteader; new kid, new kid on the block. tender-hearted, adj. soft-hearted, responsive, sensitive, feeling, perceptive, understanding, thoughtful, considerate, outgoing; sympathetic, compassionate, pitying, ruthful, concerned, caring, solicitous, moved, touched; comforting, consoling, supportive; generous, magnanimous, big-hearted, with a heart as big as all outdoors; humane, kind, kindly, kindhearted, soft, gentle, good; good-natured, warm-hearted, warm, merciful, charitable, giving; open, open-hearted, benevolent, benignant; close, friendly, neighborly, helpful. tenderness, n. 1. immaturity, callowness, rawness, greenness, youth, youthfulness.
2. delicacy, softness, subtlety, fineness, mellowness.
3. tender-heartedness, soft-heartedness, responsiveness, sensitivity, susceptibility, feeling, perception, understanding, thoughtfulness, consideration; sympathy, compassion, pity, ruth, concern, solicitousness; generosity, magnanimity, big-heartedness, charity, good-heartedness, mercy; humaneness, humanity, humanitarianism, decency, niceness, goodness; kindness, gentleness, kindliness, warm-heartedness, kindheartedness; openness, open-heartedness, forthrightness, selflessness, unselfishness.
4. affection, love, fondness, friendliness; warmth, ardor, devotion, adoration; intimacy, closeness, protectiveness.
5. trickiness, touchiness, ticklishnss; problem, trouble, snag, difficulty; danger, peril, risk, hazard. tenement, n. 1. dwelling, dwelling house, house, lodge, home, place where one hangs one's hat; abode, habitation, residence, domicile, boarding house.
2. tenement house, apartment house, warren, Inf. rookery, SI. dump, slum; flophouse, SI. fleabag, Brit. SI. doss house.
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