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Tender

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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Similar meaning 24

Crisp 84% connected

Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

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Crisp 84% connected

Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

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Crispy 84% connected

Formed into short, close ringlets; frizzed; crisp; as, crispy locks.

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Crispy 84% connected

Formed into short, close ringlets; frizzed; crisp; as, crispy locks.

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Delicate 84% connected

Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

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Delicate 84% connected

Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

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Flaky 84% connected

Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

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Flaky 84% connected

Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

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Immature 84% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Immature 84% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Loving 84% connected

of Love

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Loving 84% connected

of Love

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Painful 84% connected

Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.

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Painful 84% connected

Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.

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Protective 84% connected

Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.

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Protective 84% connected

Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.

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Sentimental 84% connected

Having, expressing, or containing a sentiment or sentiments; abounding with moral reflections; containing a moral reflection; didactic.

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Sentimental 84% connected

Having, expressing, or containing a sentiment or sentiments; abounding with moral reflections; containing a moral reflection; didactic.

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Soft 84% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Soft 84% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Unstable 84% connected

Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.

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Unstable 84% connected

Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.

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Young 84% connected

Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young…

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Young 84% connected

Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young…

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Broader term 19

Advise 76% connected

To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Assistant 76% connected

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

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Boat 76% connected

A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

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Car 76% connected

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Gift 76% connected

Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Help 76% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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Helper 76% connected

One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Offering 76% connected

of Offer

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Present 76% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Proffer 76% connected

To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.

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Propose 76% connected

To set forth.

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Ship 76% connected

Pay; reward.

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Suggest 76% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

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Supporter 76% connected

One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.

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Narrower term 28

Batman 76% connected

A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at…

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Bridesmaid 76% connected

A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.

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Caddie 76% connected

A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger.

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Checker 76% connected

One who checks.

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Companion 76% connected

One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of,…

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Courtier 76% connected

One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court.

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Cupbearer 76% connected

One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an entertainment.

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Equerry 76% connected

A large stable or lodge for horses.

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Escort 76% connected

A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant;…

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Esquire 76% connected

Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gent…

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Gallant 76% connected

Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.

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Gig 76% connected

A fiddle.

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Groomsman 76% connected

A male attendant of a bridegroom at his wedding; -- the correlative of bridesmaid.

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Linkboy 76% connected

Alt. of Linkman

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Linkman 76% connected

A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.

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Loader 76% connected

One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.

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Orderly 76% connected

Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan.

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Overbid 76% connected

To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of.

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Page 76% connected

A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in Engl…

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Racker 76% connected

One who racks.

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Rocker 76% connected

One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.

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Rouser 76% connected

One who, or that which, rouses.

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Second 76% connected

Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.

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Squire 76% connected

A square; a measure; a rule.

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Steward 76% connected

A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep…

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Trainbearer 76% connected

One who holds up a train, as of a robe.

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Varlet 76% connected

A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman.

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Waker 76% connected

One who wakes.

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Manner of action 4

Outbid 76% connected

of Outbid

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Overbid 76% connected

To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of.

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Subscribe 76% connected

To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

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Underbid 76% connected

To bid less than, as when a contract or service is offered to the lowest bidder; to offer to contract, sell, or do for a less price than.

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Derivationally related 8

Rawness 74% connected

The quality or state of being raw.

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Rawness 74% connected

The quality or state of being raw.

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Tend 74% connected

To make a tender of; to offer or tender.

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Tend 74% connected

To make a tender of; to offer or tender.

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Tenderness 74% connected

The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).

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Tenderness 74% connected

The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).

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Entails 2

Bargain 72% connected

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property f…

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Dicker 72% connected

The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves.

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Comestible 66% connected

Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.

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Comestible 66% connected

Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.

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Eatable 66% connected

Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible.

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Eatable 66% connected

Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible.

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Edible 66% connected

Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.

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Edible 66% connected

Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.

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Soft 66% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Soft 66% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Weak 66% connected

Wanting physical strength.

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Weak 66% connected

Wanting physical strength.

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Synonym 15

Affectionate 92% connected

Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.

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Attendant 92% connected

Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.

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Attender 92% connected

One who, or that which, attends.

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Bid 92% connected

of Bid

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Crank 92% connected

A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also…

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Cranky 92% connected

Full of spirit; crank.

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Cutter 92% connected

One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.

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Fond 92% connected

imp. of Find. Found.

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Lovesome 92% connected

Lovely.

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Offer 92% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Pinnace 92% connected

A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, spynace or spyne.

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Raw 92% connected

Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suit…

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Sensitive 92% connected

Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

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Sore 92% connected

Reddish brown; sorrel.

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Stamp 92% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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Antonym 2

Tough 94% connected

Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of an…

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Tough 94% connected

Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of an…

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