Overview of noun tenor

The noun tenor has 5 senses

• tenor, tenor voice -- (the adult male singing voice above baritone)


• tenor -- (the pitch range of the highest male voice)


• tenor -- (an adult male with a tenor voice)


• tenor -- (a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life; "nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways")


• tenor, strain -- (the general meaning or substance of an utterance; "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument")

Overview of adj tenor

The adj tenor has 2 senses

• tenor -- ((of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass; "a tenor sax")


• tenor -- (of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice; "tenor voice")