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Synonyms for tenor

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Noun

tone, character, cast, gist, spirit, direction, mood, import, sense, manner, effect, meaning, intent, course, scope, form, forme US, fashion, tendency, meat, sum, thread, drift, strain, stamp, significance, pith, aim, purport, tenorist, disposition, marrow, signification

Definitions

n. 1
A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.

Related words

Word family: tenorist tenoroon
Phrases: tenor horn tenor banjo tenor drum tenor guitar tenor sax tenor saxophone tenor hornist tenor saxophonist

Forms

Plural: tenors → tones, characters, casts, gists…

Example sentences

tone Did you pick up on that strange tone in his voice?

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
tenor		steady
tone		rising
tenorist		falling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: aim¹, sum¹
4 letters: form¹, cast¹, meat¹, tone¹, mood¹, gist¹, pith¹
5 letters: sense¹, scope¹, stamp¹, drift¹, forme
6 letters: course¹, effect², spirit², manner², thread¹, intent², strain¹, import², marrow²
7 letters: meaning², fashion², purport²
8 letters: tendency³, tenorist
9 letters: character³, direction³
11 letters: disposition⁴
12 letters: significance⁴
13 letters: signification

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (effect² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: ténor
Italiano: tenore
Deutsch: Tenor