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Adjective tenor has 2 senses

tenor - (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass; "a tenor sax"
Antonyms: low, low-pitched (indirect, via high)
tenor - of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice; "tenor voice"
Antonyms: low, low-pitched (indirect, via high)

Noun tenor has 4 senses

tenor, tenor voice - the adult male singing voice above baritone
--₁ is a kind of singing voice
tenor - the pitch range of the highest male voice
--₂ is a kind of high pitch, high frequency
tenor - an adult male with a tenor voice
--₃ is a kind of singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser
--₃ has particulars:
Caruso, Enrico Caruso; Domingo, Placido Domingo; McCormick, John McCormick; Melchior, Lauritz Melchior, Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior; Pavarotti, Luciano Pavarotti
tenor, strain - pervading note of an utterance; "I could follow the general tenor of his argument"
--₄ is a kind of meaning, substance
--₄ has particulars: drift, purport