Synonyms for tenor
ˈtɛn ərtenor

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tenor

   Synonyms:
   drift, purport, intent, course, character, sense, stamp, meaning, effect, aim, scope, direction

   Antonyms:
   unmeaningness, purposelessness, irrelevance, discursiveness, incoherence, variance, divergence

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1. tenor, tenor voicenoun

   the adult male singing voice above baritone

   Synonyms:
   tenor voice, strain

   Antonyms:
   low, low-pitched

2. tenornoun

   the pitch range of the highest male voice

   Synonyms:
   tenor voice, strain

   Antonyms:
   low-pitched, low

3. tenornoun

   an adult male with a tenor voice

   Synonyms:
   tenor voice, strain

   Antonyms:
   low-pitched, low

4. tenornoun

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

   "nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways"

   Synonyms:
   tenor voice, strain

   Antonyms:
   low, low-pitched

5. tenor, strainadjective

   the general meaning or substance of an utterance

   "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument"

   Synonyms:
   tune, melody, form, pains, straining, strain, melodic line, stress, breed, var., air, variant, nisus, line, tenor voice, stock, striving, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, song

   Antonyms:
   low, low-pitched

6. tenoradjective

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

   "a tenor sax"

   Antonyms:
   low-pitched, low

7. tenoradjective

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

   "tenor voice"

   Antonyms:
   low-pitched, low

Matched Categories

1. • Direction
   • Music
   • Pitch
   • Singer
   • Singing Voice

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1. tenornoun

   Synonyms:
   course, manner, fashion, mood, form, cast, cut, stamp, tone, tendency, character

2. tenornoun

   Synonyms:
   meaning, intent, purport, import, sense, spirit, drift, gist, significance

3. tenornoun

   Synonyms:
   (Music.) highest part (for a man's voice)

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1. List of paraphrases for "tenor":

   sax, content, tone

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How to use tenor in a sentence?

1. Evelyn Waugh:

   An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

2. Jason Brodsky:

   The tempo and tenor of the recent explosions in Iran have been unusual. There is evidence of a concerted campaign underway to thwart Irans nuclear program, the more Iran advances its nuclear program in violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the greater the likelihood for additional strikes.

3. Thomas Gray:

   Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.

4. Emmylou Harris:

   I'm not a trained musician. When folks talk about 'Well, you go to this or that' - the tenor, or the third part - I don't really know what they're talking about.

5. Henry Ford:

   Asking 'Who ought to be the boss' is like asking 'Who ought to be the tennor in the quartet' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.