voice
1. the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech (Freq. 78)
- A shrill voice sounded behind us
• Hypernyms:
sound
• Hyponyms:
androglossia
2. the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract (Freq. 69)
- a singer takes good care of his voice
- the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations
• Syn:
vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox
• Derivationally related forms:
phonate (for: phonation), vocalist (for: vocalism), vocalise (for: vocalisation), vocalize (for: vocalization)
• Hypernyms:
communication
• Hyponyms:
singing voice, sprechgesang, sprechstimme, voice over
3. a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance (Freq. 5)
- the noisy voice of the waterfall
- the incessant voices of the artillery
• Hypernyms:
sound
4. expressing in coherent verbal form (Freq. 5)
- the articulation of my feelings
- I gave voice to my feelings
• Syn:
articulation
• Derivationally related forms:
articulate (for: articulation)
• Hypernyms:
expression, verbal expression, verbalism
5. a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated (Freq. 4)
- the voice of the law
- the Times is not the voice of New York
- conservatism has many voices
• Hypernyms:
means, agency, way
6. something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression (Freq. 3)
- the wee small voice of conscience
- the voice of experience
- he said his voices told him to do it
• Hypernyms:
communication
7. (metonymy) a singer (Freq. 2)
- he wanted to hear trained voices sing it
• Topics:
metonymy
• Hypernyms:
singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser
8. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose (Freq. 2)
- the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
• Syn:
spokesperson, interpreter, representative
• Hypernyms:
advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
• Hyponyms:
ambassador, flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, flack,
mouthpiece, mouth, spokesman, spokeswoman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman,
commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, bagman
9. the ability to speak (Freq. 2)
- he lost his voice
• Hypernyms:
physical ability
• Hyponyms:
lung-power
10. (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
• Topics:
linguistics
• Hypernyms:
grammatical relation
• Hyponyms:
active voice, active, passive voice, passive
11. the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- he tried to sing the tenor part
• Syn:
part
• Hypernyms:
tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line,
line, melodic phrase
• Hyponyms:
primo, secondo, voice part, accompaniment, musical accompaniment,
backup, support, bass, bass part
1. give voice to (Freq. 4)
- He voiced his concern
• Derivationally related forms:
voicer
• Hypernyms:
express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. utter with vibrating vocal chords
• Syn:
sound, vocalize, vocalise
• Ant:
devoice
• Derivationally related forms:
vocalisation (for: vocalise), vocaliser (for: vocalise), vocalization (for: vocalize), vocalizer (for: vocalize), sound (for: sound), sonant (for: sound)
• Hypernyms:
pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
• Hyponyms:
chirk, quaver, waver
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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