Friction, pull, agitation, antagonism, and antipathy are all synonyms for tension. Slackness and looseness are these antonyms of tension. And here are another 52 synonyms for tension.
Tension Synonyms
1. tautness
- Pull
- Rigidity
- Strain
- Straining
- Stress
- Stretching
- Tautness
- Tenseness
- Tightness
- Traction
- Tensity
2. stress
- Agitation
- Anticipation
- Anxiety
- Anxiousness
- Apprehension
- Apprehensiveness
- Butterflies (in one's stomach)
- Collywobbles
- Edginess
- Excitement
- Jim-jams
- Jitteriness
- Jumpiness
- Mental/emotional strain
- Nerves
- Nervousness
- Pressure
- Restlessness
- Stress
- Suspense
- The (screaming) abdabs/habdabs
- The heebie-jeebies
- The jitters
- The jumps
- The shakes
- The willies
- The yips
- Twitchiness
- Uncertainty
- Worry
- Joe Blakes
3. unease
- Antagonism
- Antipathy
- Friction
- Hostility
- Ill feeling
- Strain
- Strained relations
- Unease
- Enmity