tender

(a) given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
- a tender heart
- a tender smile
- tender loving care
- tender memories
- a tender mother
(s) hurting
- the tender spot on his jaw
sore, sensitive, raw,
(s) young and immature
- at a tender age
(s) having or displaying warmth or affection
- affectionate children
- a fond embrace
- fond of his nephew
- a tender glance
- a warm embrace
affectionate, fond, lovesome, warm,
(a) easy to cut or chew
- tender beef
(a) physically untoughened
- tender feet
untoughened,
(s) (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail crank, cranky, tippy,
(s) (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
- tender green shoots

Nouns

(n) something that can be used as an official medium of payment legal tender, stamp,
(n) someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another attendant, attender,
(n) a formal proposal to buy at a specified price bid,
(n) car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
(n) a boat for communication between ship and shore pinnace, ship's boat, cutter,
(n) ship that usually provides supplies to other ships supply ship,

Verbs

(v) offer or present for acceptance
(v) propose a payment
- The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting
bid, offer,
(v) make a tender of; in legal settlements
(v) make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
- tenderize meat
tenderise, tenderize,

Synonyms

legal tender stamp bid offer sore sensitive raw attendant attender tenderise tenderize affectionate fond lovesome warm pinnace ship's boat cutter supply ship untoughened crank cranky tippy

Antonyms

tough toughened

Words of close approximity

tendon