voice
Roget category 580
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.2. Conventional means
#580.
Voice
noun
voice —
vocality† —
organ,
lungs,
bellows —
good voice,
fine voice,
powerful voice
etc.
(loud)
404 —
musical voice
etc.
413 —
intonation —
tone of voice
etc.
(sound)
402.
vocalization —
cry
etc.
411 —
strain,
utterance,
prolation† —
exclamation,
ejaculation,
vociferation,
ecphonesis† —
enunciation,
articulation —
articulate sound,
distinctness —
clearness,
of articulation —
stage whisper —
delivery.
accent,
accentuation —
emphasis,
stress —
broad accent,
strong accent,
pure accent,
native accent,
foreign accent —
pronunciation.
[Word similarly pronounced]
homonym.
orthoepy† —
cacoepy† —
euphony
etc.
(melody)
413.
gastriloquism†,
ventriloquism —
ventriloquist —
polyphonism†,
polyphonist†.
[Science of voice]
phonology
etc.
(sound)
402.
verb
utter,
breathe —
give utterance,
give tongue —
cry
etc.
(shout)
411 —
ejaculate,
rap out —
vocalize,
prolate†,
articulate,
enunciate,
pronounce,
accentuate,
aspirate,
deliver,
mouth —
whisper in the ear.
adjective
vocal,
phonetic,
oral —
ejaculatory,
articulate,
distinct,
stertorous —
euphonious
etc.
(melodious)
413.
phrase
how sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman"
[Massinger];
the organ of the soul"
[Longfellow];
thy voice is a celestial melody"
[Longfellow].
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