Word.ws English Dictionary

high tension

high tension is the alternative spelling of high-tension.

Meaning of high-tension

Adjective

high-tension (comparative more high-tension, superlative most high-tension)

  1. Having a relatively high voltage.
    • a high-tension power cable
  2. Having or undergoing a great degree of tension, very taut.
    • a high-tension rope
  3. (figuratively) Very tense; stressful.
    • a high-tension meeting

Forms of high tension

comparativemore high tension
superlativemost high tension

Questions about high tension

What is high tension the alternative spelling of?
High tension is the alternative spelling of high-tension.

Words near high tension in the dictionary

  1. high technology
  2. high ten
  3. high tenned
  4. high tenning
  5. high tens
  6. high tension
  7. high tide
  8. high tider
  9. high tiders
  10. high tides
  11. high time

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: high tension (page history and authors); high-tension (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “high tension.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/high_tension. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.