Tension is a major cause of heart disease.
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Tension
//ˈtɛnʃən//
Synonyms for "tension" (174 found)
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Strong matches (52)
Related words (87)
latent hostilitylengtheningmalaisemental strainmischiefmisgivingnervenervesnervous strainnervous tensionnervousnessnoncooperationopen conflictoveranxietyoverdistensionoverdrawingoverexertionoverexpansionoverextensionoverstrain
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overstrainingoverstressoverstretchingovertaxingpersonal conflictperturbationpinchpins and needlespresspressureproductionprolongationprotractionpuckerpullrackrenitencerenitencyrigidityrigidnessrigorrubsnapping pointsolicitudestarchinessstewstiffnessstrainstrained relationsstrainingstressstress and strainstressfulnessstretchstretchingstringing outsuspenseswellingtautnesstaxingtensetensenesstensitytightnesstractiontroubletugunamiabilityuncordialityuneaseuneasinessunfriendlinessungenialityunharmoniousnessunpleasantnessunquietnessunsociabilityupseturgencyvexationworryzeal
Noun(5 words)
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11 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
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5 entriesis a
6 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
106 translations across 40 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- συντονία noun (psychological state)
Arabic
3 entries- تَوَتُّر noun (psychological state)
- جُهْد noun (voltage)
- فُولْتِيَّة noun (voltage)
Armenian
1 entries- լարում noun (psychological state)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- तनाव noun (voltage)
Bulgarian
4 entries- безпокойство noun (psychological state)
- напрежение noun (voltage)
- опъване noun (condition of being held in a state between two or more forces)
- разтягане noun (condition of being held in a state between two or more forces)
Catalan
1 entries- tensió noun (psychological state)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 不安 noun (psychological state)
- 張力 /张力 noun (state of an elastic object)
- 緊張 /紧张 noun (psychological state)
- 電壓 /电压 noun (voltage)
Czech
2 entries- napětí noun (psychological state)
- napětí noun (voltage)
Danish
4 entries- spænding noun (psychological state)
- spænding noun (state of an elastic object)
- spænding noun (voltage)
- spænde verb (place an object in tension)
Dutch
3 entries- gespannen noun (state of an elastic object)
- spanning noun (psychological state)
- spanning noun (voltage)
Esperanto
4 entries- streĉo noun (psychological state)
- tensio noun (condition of being held in a state between two or more forces)
- tensio noun (state of an elastic object)
- tensio noun (voltage)
Finnish
4 entries- jännite noun (voltage)
- jännitys noun (psychological state)
- jännitys noun (state of an elastic object)
- jännittää verb (place an object in tension)
French
4 entries- tension noun (psychological state)
- tension noun (state of an elastic object)
- tension noun (voltage)
- traction noun (state of an elastic object)
Georgian
3 entries- გაჭიმვა noun (state of an elastic object)
- დაძაბულობა noun (psychological state)
- ჭიმვა noun (state of an elastic object)
German
3 entries- Spannung noun (psychological state)
- Spannung noun (state of an elastic object)
- Spannung noun (voltage)
Hebrew
2 entries- מתח noun (psychological state)
- מתח noun (voltage)
Hindi
4 entries- खिंचाव noun (state of an elastic object)
- तनाव noun (psychological state)
- तनाव noun (voltage)
- तान noun (state of an elastic object)
Hungarian
1 entries- feszültség noun (psychological state)
Ido
4 entries- tenseso noun (psychological state)
- tenseso noun (state of an elastic object)
- tenso noun (psychological state)
- tenso noun (state of an elastic object)
Indonesian
1 entries- tegangan noun (state of an elastic object)
Italian
3 entries- tensione noun (psychological state)
- tensione noun (state of an elastic object)
- tensione noun (voltage)
Japanese
4 entries- 不安 noun (psychological state)
- 張力 noun (state of an elastic object)
- 緊張 noun (psychological state)
- 電圧 noun (voltage)
Korean
4 entries- 긴장 noun (psychological state)
- 불안 noun (psychological state)
- 장력 noun (state of an elastic object)
- 전압 noun (voltage)
Latin
2 entries- intentiō noun (psychological state)
- tēnsiō noun (state of an elastic object)
Latvian
1 entries- spriegums noun (voltage)
Maltese
1 entries- tensjoni noun (condition of being held in a state between two or more forces)
Māori
2 entries- renarena noun (state of an elastic object)
- tanuku noun (psychological state)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- spenning noun (psychological state)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- spenning noun (psychological state)
Persian
1 entries- تنش noun (psychological state)
Portuguese
4 entries- tensão noun (psychological state)
- tensão noun (state of an elastic object)
- tensão noun (voltage)
- tensionar verb (place an object in tension)
Romanian
4 entries- tensiune noun (psychological state)
- tensiune noun (state of an elastic object)
- tensiune noun (voltage)
- încordare noun (psychological state)
Russian
4 entries- напряже́ние noun (psychological state)
- напряже́ние noun (voltage)
- напряжённость noun (psychological state)
- натя́нутость noun (psychological state)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sàrachadh noun (psychological state)
Slovak
1 entries- napätie noun (psychological state)
Spanish
4 entries- tensión noun (psychological state)
- tensión noun (state of an elastic object)
- tensión noun (voltage)
- tensionar verb (place an object in tension)
Swedish
1 entries- spänning noun (psychological state)
Tagalog
1 entries- binit noun (state of an elastic object)
Telugu
1 entries- తన్యత noun (state of an elastic object)
Welsh
3 entries- tensiwn noun (condition of being held in a state between two or more forces)
- tensiwn noun (psychological state)
- tensiwn noun (state of an elastic object)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
If you stop and relax, this will relieve the tension and stress in your shoulders.
Source: tatoeba (39991)
The specialist predicts international tension will build up.
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The air was charged with tension.
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