Dictionary entry details
• VOICE (noun)
Meaning:
The distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
A shrill voice sounded behind us
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
sound (the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voice"):
androglossia (a woman's voice with male qualities)
Meaning:
The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
phonation; vocalisation; vocalization; vox; vocalism; voice
Context examples:
a singer takes good care of his voice / the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voice"):
singing voice (the musical quality of the voice while singing)
sprechgesang; sprechstimme (a style of dramatic vocalization between singing and speaking)
voice over (the voice on an unseen commentator in a film of television program)
Meaning:
A sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Context examples:
the noisy voice of the waterfall / the incessant voices of the artillery
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)
Meaning:
Expressing in coherent verbal form
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
articulation; voice
Context examples:
the articulation of my feelings / I gave voice to my feelings
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
expression; verbal expression; verbalism (the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions)
Meaning:
A means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context examples:
the voice of the law / the Times is not the voice of New York / conservatism has many voices
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
agency; means; way (how a result is obtained or an end is achieved)
Meaning:
Something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context examples:
the wee small voice of conscience / the voice of experience / he said his voices told him to do it
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
Meaning:
(metonymy) a singer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
he wanted to hear trained voices sing it
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)
Domain category:
metonymy (substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads'))
Meaning:
An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
spokesperson; representative; interpreter; voice
Context example:
the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voice"):
bagman; commercial traveler; commercial traveller; roadman; traveling salesman; travelling salesman (a salesman who travels to call on customers)
spokeswoman (a female spokesperson)
spokesman (a male spokesperson)
mouth; mouthpiece (a spokesperson (as a lawyer))
flack; flack catcher; flak; flak catcher (a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer)
ambassador (an informal representative)
Meaning:
The ability to speak
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
he lost his voice
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
physical ability (the ability to perform some physical act; contrasting with mental ability)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voice"):
lung-power (the ability to speak loudly)
Meaning:
(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voice"):
active; active voice (the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb)
passive; passive voice (the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb)
Meaning:
The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
part; voice
Context example:
he tried to sing the tenor part
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
air; line; melodic line; melodic phrase; melody; strain; tune (a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voice"):
bass; bass part (the lowest part in polyphonic music)
accompaniment; backup; musical accompaniment; support (a subordinate musical part; provides background for more important parts)
voice part (a part written for a singer)
secondo (the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet))
primo (the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet))
• VOICE (verb)
Meaning:
Give voice to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
He voiced his concern
Hypernyms (to "voice" is one way to...):
express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Utter with vibrating vocal chords
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
vocalize; voice; vocalise; sound
Hypernyms (to "voice" is one way to...):
articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "voice"):
chirk (make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird)
quaver; waver (give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
devoice (utter with tense vocal chords)
