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tenor

noun

1 tenor

The adult male singing voice above baritone.

synonym: tenor voice.

Roget 516: meaning; signification, significance; sense, expression; import, purport; force; drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring; scope.    ... show more

Roget 417: musical instruments; band; string-band, brass-band; orchestra; orchestrina.    [Stringed instruments], monochord, polychord; harp, lyre, lute, archlute; mandola, ... show more

Roget 410: creak etc. v.; creaking etc. v.; discord, etc. 414; stridor; roughness, sharpness, etc. adj.; ... show more

Roget 278: direction, bearing, course, vector; set, drift, tenor; tendency etc. 176; incidence; bending, trending etc. ... show more

Roget 7: state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, mood, pickle, plight, temper; aspect etc. (appearance) ... show more

Roget 26: degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch; reach, amplitude, range, scope, ... show more

Polish: tenor

2 tenor

The pitch range of the highest male voice.

Dutch: tenor

3 tenor

An adult male with a tenor voice.

Polish: tenor

4 tenor

A settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life.

5 tenor

The general meaning or substance of an utterance:
— Although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument.

synonym: strain.

adjective

1 tenor

of a musical instrument Intermediate between alto and baritone or bass.

Polish: tenorowy

2 tenor

Of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice.

Polish: tenorowy


Moby thesaurus: Heldentenor, Meistersinger, Zeitgeist, accompaniment, affective meaning, aim, alto, apograph, aria singer, azimuth, baritenor, baritone, bass, basso, basso buffo, basso cantante, basso continuo, basso ostinato, basso profundo, bassus ... show more.

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