The tenor of the report is fairly negative.
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Tenor
Synonyms for "tenor" (295 found)
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Closest matches (59)
highsopranoaccompanimentaffective meaningaimaltoapographaria singerazimuthbaritenorbaritonebassbassobasso buffobasso cantantebasso continuobasso ostinatobasso profundobassusbearing
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bentbiasblues singerbodybody buildbody-buildbrandbravuracanarycantatricecantocantorcantuscantus figuratuscantus planuscarboncarbon copycarolercastchanterchantresscharactercharacteristiccharacteristicschoralchoriccoloraturacoloratura sopranocoloringcomic basscomplexioncompositionconnotationconsequenceconstituentsconstitutioncontinuocontralto
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (89)
corecountertenorcoursecrasiscroonercurrentdeep bassdenotationdescantdharmadiathesisdirectiondirection linedispositiondivadramaticdramatic sopranodriftdroneeffect
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essenceethosextensionfalsettofashionfiberfichefigured bassforceformframegeniusgistglacial movementgraingrammatical meaningground bassguisehabithead registerhead tonehead voiceheadingheldentenorhelmsmanshipheroicheroic tenorhigh pitchedhigh soundinghigh-pitchedhigh-soundinghigh-tonedhuehumorhumorshymnalhymnerideailkimpactimplicationimportimprovisatorinclinationinferenceintensionintentkeykindlaylead singerlexical meaninglielieder singerlineline of directionline of marchliteral meaningliturgicliturgical
Related words (147)
lyriclyricalmain currentmainstreammakeupmale altomanifoldmannermeaningmeatmeistersingermelodistmezzo sopranomezzo-sopranomicrocopymicrofichemicroformmodemoldmood
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motionmouldmouldermouldymovementnaturenavigationnoteopera singeroperaticorientationovertonepartpertinencephysiquepilotingpithplain chantplain songpointpractical consequenceprick songprima donnapropertypsalm singerpsalmicpsalmodialpsalmodicpurportpurposequalityquarterrangerange of meaningreal meaningrecordingreferencereferentrelationrelevancerock-and-roll singerrubbingrunsacredscopesemantic clustersemantic fieldsensesetshapesignificancesignificationsignificatumsignifiesingersingingsingstresssomatotypesongbirdsongstersongstresssortspan of meaningspiritstampsteeragesteeringstreakstreamstripestructural meaningstuffstylesubstancesuchnesssumsum and substanceswingsymbolic meaningsystemtempertemperamenttendencytenoritonethe general tendencythe main coursethemethorough bassthreadtime spirittonetorch singertotality of associationstracingtracktranscripttranscriptiontransfertransferred meaningtrebletrendturntypeunadorned meaningundercurrentundersongundertonevalueveinvocalvocalistvocalizervoicevoice partwarblerwayyodelerzeitgeist
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9 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesat location
7 entriescapable of
1 entriescoordinate
6 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
has a
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
7 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
similar
4 entriesused for
5 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- тенорен adj (of or pertaining to the tenor part or range)
- тенор noun (musical range)
- тенор noun (musical performer)
- тон noun (tone)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 男高音 noun (musical range)
Czech
1 entries- tenor noun (musical range)
Danish
4 entries- hovedindhold noun (tone)
- indhold noun (tone)
- mening noun (tone)
- tenor noun (musical range)
Esperanto
1 entries- tenora adj (of or pertaining to the tenor part or range)
Estonian
2 entries- tenor noun (musical range)
- tenor noun (musical performer)
Finnish
4 entries- tenori adj (of or pertaining to the tenor part or range)
- sävy noun (tone)
- tenori noun ((archaic) musical part or section)
- tenori noun (musical range)
French
1 entries- ténor noun (musical range)
Georgian
2 entries- ტენორი noun (musical range)
- ტენორი noun (musical performer)
German
4 entries- Tenor noun ((archaic) musical part or section)
- Tenor noun (musical range)
- Tenor noun (musical performer)
- Tenor noun (tone)
Hungarian
3 entries- tenor adj (of or pertaining to the tenor part or range)
- tenor noun (musical performer)
- tónus noun (tone)
Italian
4 entries- tenorile adj (of or pertaining to the tenor part or range)
- tenore noun (musical range)
- tenore noun (musical performer)
- tenore noun (tone)
Japanese
1 entries- テノール noun (musical range)
Korean
2 entries- 남성고음 noun (musical range)
- 테너 noun (musical range)
Māori
4 entries- hū noun (tone)
- reo iere noun (musical range)
- reo ike noun (musical range)
- waihoe noun (tone)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- tenor noun (musical range)
- tenor noun (musical performer)
- tenor noun (tone)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- tenor noun (musical range)
- tenor noun (musical performer)
- tenor noun (tone)
Portuguese
3 entries- tenor noun (musical range)
- tenor noun (musical performer)
- teor noun (linguistics)
Russian
2 entries- те́нор noun (musical range)
- те́нор noun (musical performer)
Swedish
2 entries- tenor noun (musical range)
- tenor noun (musical performer)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nam cao adj (of or pertaining to the tenor part or range)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
I play the tenor saxophone.
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The tenor sang very well tonight.
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Tom sings tenor.
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