Voice meaning

What does “voice” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“voice” is a noun and verb with 13 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech.

voice

noun

  1. the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

    “A shrill voice sounded behind us”

  2. 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. a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance

    “the noisy voice of the waterfall”

    “the incessant voices of the artillery”

  4. expressing in coherent verbal form

    “the articulation of my feelings”

    “I gave voice to my feelings”

    Synonymsarticulation
  5. 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”

  6. something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression

    “the wee small voice of conscience”

    “the voice of experience”

  7. (metonymy) a singer

    “he wanted to hear trained voices sing it”

  8. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose

    “the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government”

  9. the ability to speak

    “he lost his voice”

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

  11. the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music

    “he tried to sing the tenor part”

    Synonymspart

verb

  1. give voice to

    “He voiced his concern”

  2. utter with vibrating vocal chords

    Oppositesdevoice

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University