Tempting, a. Alluring, attractive, seductive, enticing.
Tenable, a. Defensible, maintainable, capable of being held or defended.
Tenacious, a.
- 1. Retentive, apt to retain.
- 2. Adhesive, sticky, glutinous, viscous, cohesive, smeary, dauby, clinging.
- 3. Stubborn. obstinate, pertinacious, opinionated, opinionative, positive.
Tenaciousness, n. Retentiveness, firmness, adhesiveness.
Tenacious of. Persistent in holding, pertinacious in maintaining, holding fast, holding tight.
Tenacity, n.
- 1. Retentiveness, tenaciousness.
- 2. Adhesiveness, cohesiveness, glutinousness, viscidity, toughness.
- 3. Stubbornness, pertinacity, obstinacy, firmness, persistency.
Tenancy, n. Holding tenure, temporary possession, occupancy.
Tenant, n. Occupier, occupant, resident, dweller, lessee, renter.
Tenantable, a. Habitable.
Tend, v. a.
- 1. Watch, guard, keep, protect, attend, accompany, nurse, take care of, wait on, look after.
- 2. Attend to, be attentive to, note carefully, mind.
Tend, v. n.
- 1. Attend, wait, serve, be attendant.
- 2. Incline, lean, verge, trend, make.
- 3. Be directed, aim, exert influence.
- 4. Conduce, contribute, lead.