Dictionary Check: tenor

"tenor" is a valid word!

Scrabble 5 points
Words with Friends 6 points

Definition

adjective

(of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass

Example: "a tenor sax"
adjective

of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice

Example: "tenor voice"
noun

the adult male singing voice above baritone

Synonyms:
noun

the pitch range of the highest male voice

noun

an adult male with a tenor voice

noun

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

Example: "nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways"

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