Present
Present verb - To bring before the public in performance or exhibition.
Usage example: we will present a performance of Our Town tomorrow evening
Tender is a synonym for present in offer topic. In some cases you can use "Tender" instead the word "Present" as a verb or an adjective, when it comes to topics like submit, proposal, introduce, put forward.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| female | female present | female tender |
| actual | actual present | actual tender |
| great | great present | great tender |
| little | little present | little tender |
| Other adjectives: mysterious. | ||
Common collocations
| stories | present stories | tender stories |
Both words in one sentence
- This trope wasn't present in the book's depiction of this event, in which Drogo doesn't force her but instead they have some intimate moments involving hair-braiding, and he gets her consent before having sex, in a scene that was surprisingly tender given his reputation and the language barrier.
Source: Marital Rape License - The mostly asleep JD responded with "Mmmm... tender." Back to the present, JD is explaining to Turk that anyone who woke up that way would let out a pleasure moan no matter who the other person was (plus Keith was "a decent kisser").
Source: Gay Moment - Pete ran, back to the Muggle world, finished school and went on to live a somewhat normal life, becoming a Detective Inspector at the tender age of 28, at the cost of her relationship.In the present day, a case she's working on leads her to a tip, and the tip leads her to a filthy fleabag hotel.
Source: Literature / Black London
Cite this Source
Tender and Present. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/present/tender
Present & Tender. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/present/tender>.
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