Home › Words › D › detensedetensedetense means synonym of untense.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, detense ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom de- + tense.verbSynonym of untensee.g.“Such detensing from close eye work can also be combined with detensing the muscles that move the eyeball — look to the far right in the distance, then to the far left and far up.” — 1954, Dr. Donald A. Laird, “Relax!”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 101, number 1, page 163:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.untensed 72% match — Not tensed. vs detense →detension 70% match — To remove the tension from something. vs detense →untighten 64% match — To loosen; to make something less tight. vs detense →detax 63% match — Synonym of untax. vs detense →deattach 62% match — Synonym of detach. vs detense →untautened 60% match — Not tautened. vs detense →dechoke 59% match — Synonym of unchoke. vs detense →unstress 58% match — Not to stress, or to remove the stress from. vs detense →