- voice
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 sounds you make when speaking or singingADJECTIVE▪ beautiful, fine, good, lovely, pleasant, sweet▪
She has a beautiful singing voice.
▪ big, booming, loud, ringing, sonorous, stentorian (formal), strong▪ light, little, small, thin, tiny, weak▪ low, soft▪ faint, inaudible, quiet▪ audible▪ deep, gravelly, gruff, hoarse, husky, rough▪ falsetto, high, high-pitched, shrill, squeaky▪ clear▪ muffled, muted▪ harsh, penetrating, scratchy, sharp▪ nasal▪ cracked, rasping, raspy, slurred▪I could tell from his slurred voice that he'd been drinking.
▪ mellifluous, rich, silky, smooth, velvet, velvety▪ sing-song▪ gentle, soothing▪ cheerful, cheery▪ friendly, warm▪ emotionless, matter-of-fact, unemotional▪ flat, monotone▪ calm, cool▪ firm, steady▪ shaky▪ urgent▪ authoritative, commanding▪ distinctive, unmistakable▪ familiar▪ raised▪ hushed▪ cold, icy▪ angry, annoyed▪ strained, tired▪ plaintive, sad▪ serious, stern▪ funny, silly▪ baby▪ annoying▪ whiny▪ mocking, sarcastic, teasing▪ excited▪ concerned, worried▪ distant▪ disembodied▪ inner▪An inner voice told him that what he had done was wrong.
▪ singing, speaking▪ alto, baritone, bass, contralto, soprano, tenor, treble▪ female, male▪ feminine, masculineVERB + VOICE▪ hear▪I could hear voices in the next room.
▪ raise▪She's a teacher who never has to raise her voice to discipline the children.
▪ drop, lower▪She dropped her voice to a whisper.
▪Please lower your voice!
▪ project▪Try to project your voice so that the people at the back of the room can hear you.
▪ control▪ lose▪She's lost her voice and won't be able to sing tonight.
▪ strain▪ find▪He swallowed nervously as he tried to find his voice.
▪ imitate, put on▪She put on a silly voice as she imitated her boss.
▪ disguise▪ know, recognize▪ silenceVOICE + VERB▪ go up, rise▪His voice rose in angry protest.
▪ die away, drift away, drift off, drop, fade, tail off (esp. BrE), trail away, trail off▪‘So he won't come … ’ her voice trailed off in disappointment.
▪ be filled with sth, be full of sth▪Her voice was filled with emotion.
▪ be laced with sth, be tinged with sth▪ sound angry, excited, sad, etc.▪ deepen, harden, soften, thicken▪His voice suddenly thickened with emotion.
▪ echo▪Her voice echoed through the silent house.
▪ whisper▪‘Be quiet!’ a voice whispered in his ear.
▪ hiss, purr▪ call, call out, cry, cry out▪‘Who is it?’ a female voice called out.
▪ scream, shout, yell▪She was dimly aware of voices shouting.
▪ bellow, boom, boom out▪ resonate, reverberate, ring▪ come from sth▪ cut through sth, pierce sth▪His deep voice cut through the silence.
▪ break, catch, catch in your throat, crack▪His voice broke with emotion.
▪His voice broke (= became a man's voice) when he was 14.
▪ ask▪ answer, reply▪ sing▪ falter, quaver, quiver, shake, tremble, waver▪Her voice shook with fear.
▪ drone, drone on▪The flat, unemotional voice droned on.
▪ be devoid of sth▪ be drowned out by sth▪ carryVOICE + NOUN▪ coach, teacher▪ lessons▪ recognition▪the computer's voice recognition capability
▪ mail (usually voicemail), mailbox, message, traffic▪ synthesizer▪ acting (= providing voices for animated film characters)▪ actor (= who provides voices for animated film characters)▪ command▪ box (usually voicebox)PREPOSITION▪ in a/your voice▪‘Get out!’ she shouted in a shrill voice.
▪There was fury in his voice as he answered her.
PHRASES▪ at the top of your voice▪I was shouting at the top of my voice but she couldn't hear me.
▪ a babble of voices, a hum of voices, a murmur of voices▪They could hear a loud babble of voices coming from the crowded bar.
▪ in good voice (BrE)▪She was in good voice (= singing well) at the concert tonight.
▪The home fans were in good voice (= making a loud noise) before the match. (BrE)
▪ keep your voice down▪Please keep your voice down so as not to wake the children.
▪ keep your voice level, keep your voice steady▪He managed to keep his voice steady despite his feelings of panic.
▪ voices in your head, voices inside your head▪The main character was crazy, hearing voices in his head.
▪ tone of voice▪‘Do you have to speak to me in that tone of voice?’ she asked sadly.
2 expression of ideas/opinionsADJECTIVE▪ critical, dissenting▪Dissenting voices at the newspaper are very rare.
▪ lone▪a lone voice of dissent
▪ powerful▪Powerful voices in the Senate are determined to bring down the president.
▪ distinctive▪a writer with a highly distinctive voice
VERB + VOICE▪ find▪Refugees have been unable to find a voice in politics.
▪ add, lend▪Many senior politicians have lent their voices to the campaign.
▪ give▪The magazine gave voice to hundreds of oppressed factory workers.
▪ listen toPREPOSITION▪ voice of▪to listen to the voice of conscience
PHRASES▪ make your voice heard▪a society in which individuals are able to make their voices heard
▪ speak with one voice▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The teachers speak with one voice when they demand an end to the cuts.
verbVoice is used with these nouns as the object: ↑anger, ↑approval, ↑complaint, ↑concern, ↑criticism, ↑desire, ↑disagreement, ↑disappointment, ↑disapproval, ↑discontent, ↑dismay, ↑displeasure, ↑dissatisfaction, ↑doubt, ↑fear, ↑feeling, ↑frustration, ↑grievance, ↑hope, ↑misgivings, ↑objection, ↑opinion, ↑opposition, ↑outrage, ↑reservation, ↑scepticism, ↑sentiment, ↑support, ↑suspicion, ↑view, ↑worry
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
