voice

Noun

• the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
  • he tried to sing the tenor part
    

• (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes

• the ability to speak
  • he lost his voice
    

• an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
  • the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
    

• (metonymy) a singer
  • he wanted to hear trained voices sing it
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• expressing in coherent verbal form
  • the articulation of my feelings
    
  • I gave voice to my feelings
    

• a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
  • the noisy voice of the waterfall
    
  • the incessant voices of the artillery
    

• 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
    

• the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
  • A shrill voice sounded behind us
    

Verb

• utter with vibrating vocal chords

• give voice to
  • He voiced his concern
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  part , spokesperson , interpreter , representative , articulation , vocalization , vocalisation , vocalism , phonation , vox , sound , vocalize , vocalise