tenor

Adjective

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

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

Noun

• the general meaning or substance of an utterance
  • although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument
    

• a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life
  • nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways
    

• an adult male with a tenor voice

• the pitch range of the highest male voice

• the adult male singing voice above baritone

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  strain , tenor voice