Words Like TENOR
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to TENOR.
    
    
    
        
            16 Alternative Words Similar to tenor
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        10 definitions of tenor
           
        
    1
    
        A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.
    
    
    
 
    2
    
        That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
    
    
    
 
    3
    
        Stamp; character; nature.
    
    
    
 
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        An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
    
    
    
 
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        The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary.
    
    
    
 
    6
    
        A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.
    
    
    
 
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        the pitch range of the highest male voice
    
    
    
 
    8
    
        a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life
    
    
    
 
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        the adult male singing voice above baritone
    
    
    
 
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        an adult male with a tenor voice