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Defenition of the word tender

    • Defenition of the word tender

      • Special procedure to generate competing offers from different bidders.
      • Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality.
      • Hurting.
      • Young and immature.
      • Easy to cut or chew.
      • having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "caring parents"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
      • a proposal to buy at a specified price
      • (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
      • propose a payment; as at sales or auctions; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
      • hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"
      • (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots"
      • easy to cut or chew; "tender beef"
      • given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"
      • attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
      • make a tender of; in legal settlements
      • offer or present for acceptance
      • something used as an official medium of payment
      • a boat for communication between ship and shore
      • usually provides supplies to other ships
      • make tender or more tender; "tenderize meat"
      • physically untoughened; "tender feet"
      • susceptible to physical or emotional injury; "at a tender age"
      • ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
      • car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
      • a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
      • someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
      • make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat"
      • propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
      • something that can be used as an official medium of payment
      • make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
      • propose a payment
      • (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
      • having or displaying warmth or affection
      • young and immature
      • hurting
      • easy to cut or chew
      • physically untoughened
      • given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

    Synonyms for the word tender

      • affectionate
      • bid
      • caring
      • crank
      • cranky
      • fond
      • legal tender
      • lovesome
      • offer
      • pinnace
      • sensitive
      • ship's boat
      • sore
      • supply ship
      • tenderize
      • tippy
      • untoughened
      • vulnerable
      • warm

    Similar words in the tender

      • caring
      • chewable
      • comestible
      • crisp
      • crispy
      • cuttable
      • delicate
      • eatable
      • edible
      • flakey
      • flaky
      • immature
      • loving
      • painful
      • protective
      • sentimental
      • short
      • soft
      • tenderised
      • tenderized
      • unstable
      • weak
      • young

    Hyponyms for the word tender

      • arouser
      • baggageman
      • batman
      • bellboy
      • bellhop
      • bellman
      • bridesmaid
      • buyout bid
      • by-bid
      • caddie
      • checker
      • companion
      • courtier
      • cupbearer
      • equerry
      • escort
      • esquire
      • famulus
      • flight attendant
      • food stamp
      • gallant
      • gig
      • gillie
      • golf caddie
      • groomsman
      • hospital attendant
      • lifeguard
      • lifesaver
      • linkboy
      • linkman
      • litter-bearer
      • loader
      • maid of honor
      • matron of honor
      • orderly
      • outbid
      • overbid
      • page
      • racker
      • rocker
      • rouser
      • second
      • servitor
      • squire
      • steward
      • stretcher-bearer
      • subscribe
      • trainbearer
      • underbid
      • varlet
      • waker

    Hypernyms for the word tender

      • alter
      • assistant
      • boat
      • car
      • change
      • gift
      • give
      • help
      • helper
      • medium of exchange
      • modify
      • monetary system
      • offer
      • offering
      • present
      • proffer
      • railcar
      • railroad car
      • railway car
      • ship
      • supporter

    Antonyms for the word tender

      • tough
      • toughened

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