Emotions

Synonyms for tender

The synonym for tender recorded in this bank is fond, in the sense "having or displaying warmth or affection". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 7 puzzles

The synonym for tender

fondadjective, in the sense "having or displaying warmth or affection"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for tender.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineEmotions

having or displaying warmth or affection

A tender glance.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

fond

Same sentence, swapped: A fond glance.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for tender in the sentence quoted.

sore
crank
delicate

Where tender turns up in the game

tender is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in seven other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

4 of the 7 puzzles where tender is the trap

bidnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is play, in the sense "an attempt to get something", with tender sitting one tile away.
fondadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is partial, in the sense "having a strong preference or liking for", so tender is there to be ruled out.
stampnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is impression, in the sense "a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving", with tender sitting one tile away.
sentimentaladjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is mushy, in the sense "effusively or insincerely emotional", and tender is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play tender

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so tender reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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The wrong tile gets explained too

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