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tensive

tensive adjective: of or pertaining to tension.

Adjective

tensive (comparative more tensive, superlative most tensive)

  1. Of or pertaining to tension
    Synonyms:
    tensional

Synonyms of tensive

Forms of tensive

comparativemore tensive
superlativemost tensive

Words formed from tensive

Questions about tensive

What does tensive mean?
Tensive means of or pertaining to tension.
What part of speech is tensive?
Tensive is an adjective.

Words near tensive in the dictionary

  1. tensionless
  2. tensionlessness
  3. tensions
  4. tensities
  5. tensity
  6. tensive
  7. tensome
  8. tensomes
  9. tensometer
  10. tensometers
  11. tensomething

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