Definitions For Alto

noun

  • The pitch range of the lowest female voice
  • (of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments
  • The highest adult male singing voice
  • The lowest female singing voice
  • A singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
  • A singing voice that is lower than the voice of a soprano and higher than the voice of a tenor ; also : a singer having such a voice

adjective

  • (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group
  • Of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor
  • Of or being the lowest female voice

Is Altos a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
5
Words with Friends
6

The word Alto is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Alto in a Sentence

  • She sang in her school choir as an alto.
  • He plays the alto sax.

Synonyms for Alto

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