Noun | 1. | voice - the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us" |
2. | voice - 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" | |
3. | voice - a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery" | |
4. | voice - expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings" Synonyms: articulation | |
5. | voice - 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" | |
6. | voice - 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" | |
7. | voice - (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it" | |
8. | voice - an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government" | |
9. | voice - the ability to speak; "he lost his voice" | |
10. | voice - (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes | |
11. | voice - the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" Synonyms: part | |
Verb | 1. | voice - give voice to; "He voiced his concern" |
2. | voice - utter with vibrating vocal chords Antonyms: devoice - utter with tense vocal chords |