Word Meaning

Meaning of tenor

- A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.
- That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
- Stamp; character; nature.
- 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.
- 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.
- A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.

Crossword clue for tenor

- A singer
- Bocelli or Carreras
- Carreras or Domingo
- Male singer
- Male singing voice
- Male voice
- Partially forgotten Oratorio singer
- Singer
- Singer asks for two fivers
- Singer botched note before top of refrain
- Singer discovered among expatriate Norwegians
- Singer seems quite normal inside
- Singing voice
- Tenner mentioned for pitch
- the style of luciano pavarotti
- Train of thought