TENOR as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the pitch range of the highest male voice
   Hypernyms(s) tenor is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • high pitch (what does high pitch mean?)
   • high frequency (what does high frequency mean?)
2. Meaning
   • pervading note of an utterance
   Synonym(s)
   • strain (what does strain mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • I could follow the general tenor of his argument
   Hypernyms(s) tenor is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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   • substance (what does substance mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • drift (what does drift mean?)
   • purport (what does purport mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the adult male singing voice above baritone
   Synonym(s)
   • tenor voice (what does tenor voice mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) tenor is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • singing voice (what does singing voice mean?)
4. Meaning
   • an adult male with a tenor voice
   Hypernyms(s) tenor is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • singer (what does singer mean?)
   • vocalist (what does vocalist mean?)
   • vocalizer (what does vocalizer mean?)
   • vocaliser (what does vocaliser mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Caruso (what does Caruso mean?)
   • Enrico Caruso (what does Enrico Caruso mean?)
   • Domingo (what does Domingo mean?)
   • Placido Domingo (what does Placido Domingo mean?)
   • McCormick (what does McCormick mean?)
   • John McCormick (what does John McCormick mean?)
   • Melchior (what does Melchior mean?)
   • Lauritz Melchior (what does Lauritz Melchior mean?)
   • Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior (what does Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior mean?)
   • Pavarotti (what does Pavarotti mean?)
   • Luciano Pavarotti (what does Luciano Pavarotti mean?)

TENOR as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice
   Usage Example(s)
   • tenor voice
   Similar To
   • high (what does high mean?)
   • high-pitched (what does high-pitched mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass
   Usage Example(s)
   • a tenor sax
   Similar To
   • high (what does high mean?)
   • high-pitched (what does high-pitched mean?)