tenor

Meanings

• the adult male singing voice above baritone
• the pitch range of the highest male voice
• an adult male with a tenor voice
• a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life
  • "nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways"
• the general meaning or substance of an utterance
  • "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument"
• (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass
  • "a tenor sax"
• of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice
  • "tenor voice"

Synonyms

strain, tenor voice