Definitions:

1. (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass adjective
   • a tenor sax
2. a settled, prevailing, habitual course of a person's life noun
   • Nothing disturbed the even tenor of my life.
3. of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice adjective
   • tenor voice
4. the general meaning or substance of an utterance noun
   • Although I disagreed with them, I could follow the tenor of their argument.

Synonyms:

• strain
• tenor voice

NearBy Words:

• tenoretic
• tenorist
• tenoroon