voice

1. (noun) a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated; "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices"
Related Words: agency, means, way

2. (verb) give voice to; "He voiced his concern"
Related Words: express, give tongue to, utter

3. (verb) utter with vibrating vocal chords
Synonyms: sound, vocalize
Related Words: articulate, chirk, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, quaver, say, waver
Antonyms: devoice

4. (noun) the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us"
Related Words: androglossia, sound

5. (noun) the ability to speak; "he lost his voice"
Related Words: lung-power, physical ability

6. (noun) the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
Synonyms: vocalization
Related Words: communication, singing voice

7. (noun) something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression; "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do it"
Related Words: communication

8. (noun) a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"
Related Words: sound

9. (noun) (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"
Related Words: singer, vocalist

10. (noun) (linguistics) the grammatical relation of the subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
Related Words: active, active voice, grammatical relation, passive, passive voice

11. (noun) the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"
Synonyms: part
Related Words: accompaniment, air, bass, bass part, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, support, tune, voice part

12. (noun) expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings" or "I gave voice to my feelings"
Synonyms: articulation
Related Words: expression

13. (noun) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
Synonyms: interpreter, representative, spokesperson
Related Words: advocate, ambassador, bagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, exponent, flak, flak catcher, mouth, mouthpiece, proponent, roadman, spin doctor, spokesman, spokeswoman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman



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