tenor
adjective
1. (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass
- a tenor sax
Similar word(s): high
2. of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice
- tenor voice
Similar word(s): high
Sentences with tenor as an adjective:
- He has a tenor voice.
noun
1. the adult male singing voice above baritone
Definition categories: communication
2. the pitch range of the highest male voice
Definition categories: attribute, pitch
3. an adult male with a tenor voice
Definition categories: person, singer, vocalist, vocalizer
4. a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life
- nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways
Definition categories: thought, direction
5. the general meaning or substance of an utterance
- although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument
Similar word(s): strain