Definition of tenor

"tenor" in the noun sense

1. tenor, tenor voice

the adult male singing voice above baritone

2. tenor

the pitch range of the highest male voice

3. tenor

an adult male with a tenor voice

4. tenor

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

"nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways"

5. tenor, strain

the general meaning or substance of an utterance

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

"tenor" in the adjective sense

1. tenor

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

"a tenor sax"

2. tenor

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

"tenor voice"

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Quotations for tenor

A very small offence may be a just cause for great resentment: it is often much less the particular instance which is obnoxious to us than the proof if carries with it of the general tenor and disposition of the mind from whence it sprung. [ Greville ]

There is a gentle, but perfectly irresistible coercion in a habit of reading well directed, over the whole tenor of a man's character and conduct, which is not the less effectual because it works insensibly, and because it is really the last thing he dreams of. [ Sir John Herschel ]

tenor in Scrabble®

The word tenor is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters tenor:

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TONER
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TENOR
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In tenor

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tenor in Words With Friends™

The word tenor is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters tenor:

TRONE
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Words containing the sequence tenor

Words that start with tenor (6 words)

Words with tenor in them (2 words)

Words that end with tenor (2 words)

Word Growth involving tenor

Shorter words in tenor

no nor

or nor

en ten

Longer words containing tenor

baritenor baritenors

tenorist tenorists

tenorrhaphies

tenorrhaphy

tenors baritenors