Tension may refer to:

• Psychological stress
• Tension (physics), a force related to the stretching of an object (the opposite of compression)
• Tension (geology), a stress which stretches rocks in two opposite directions
• Voltage or electric tension, the difference in electric potential energy between two points

• Tension (music), the perceived need for relaxation or release created by a listener's expectations
• Suspense, the feeling of uncertainty and interest about the outcome of certain actions an audience perceives
• Tension (film), a 1949 film by John Berry
• Tension (Taiwanese band), a Taiwanese a cappella group and boy band
• Tension (hardcore band), an American hardcore punk band

• Tension (Dizmas album), 2007
• Tension (Bakufu Slump album), 1994
• Tension (Kylie Minogue album), 2023
• Ten$ion, a 2012 album by Die Antwoord

• "Tension" (song), a song by Kylie Minogue from her studio album of the same name
• "Tension", a song by Avenged Sevenfold from Diamonds in the Rough
• "Tension", a song by Jack & Jack from A Good Friend Is Nice
• "Tension", a song by Killing Joke from What's THIS For...!
• "Tension", a song by Korn from The Path of Totality
• "Tension", a song by Orbital from The Altogether
• "Tension", a song by Scullion from the 1980 album Balance and Control
• "Tension", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from Paranoia Agent Original Soundtrack
• "Tension (Interlude)", a song by Børns from Blue Madonna
• "Tension", a song by Fergie from Double Dutchess

• Tension (knitting), a factor that affects knitting gauge
• Tenseness, in phonetics, a phonological quality frequently associated with vowels and occasionally with consonants
• Muscle tone or residual muscle tension, a partial contraction of the muscles
• The Void (video game), also known as Tension in some regions

• Stress (disambiguation)