Meaning & Definition of Tenor in English

1. The adult male singing voice above baritone

2. The pitch range of the highest male voice

3. An adult male with a tenor voice

4. A settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life

• "Nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways"

5. The general meaning or substance of an utterance

• "Although i disagreed with him i could follow the tenor of his argument"

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

• "A tenor sax"

2. Of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice

• "Tenor voice"