Antonyms for voice
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : vois |
| Phonetic Transcription : vɔɪs |
Definition of voice
Origin :- late 13c., "sound made by the human mouth," from Old French voiz, from Latin vocem (nominative vox) "voice, sound, utterance, cry, call, speech, sentence, language, word," related to vocare "to call," from PIE root *wekw- "give vocal utterance, speak" (cf. Sanskrit vakti "speaks, says," vacas- "word;" Avestan vac- "speak, say;" Greek eipon (aorist) "spoke, said," epos "word;" Old Prussian wackis "cry;" German er-wähnen "to mention").
- Replaced Old English stefn. Meaning "ability in a singer" is first attested c.1600. Meaning "expression of feeling, etc." (in reference to groups of people, etc., e.g. Voice of America) is recorded from late 14c.
- noun expression, language
- noun opinion
- verb express opinion; put into words
- Listen to the voice that tries to win you back to innocence and truth!
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- Persuasive is the voice of Vice, That spreads the insidious snare.
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- As I approached her apartment, the voice of Alcibiades met my ear.
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- "His countenance and his voice troubled me, like the presence of evil," answered Philothea.
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- Yet the voice of Plato would be pleasant to my ears, as music on the waters in the night-time.
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- The aged philosopher endeavoured to speak, but his voice was tremulous with emotion.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- "Oh, blessed be the sound of your voice," replied the peasant.
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- Then I heard a voice, saying, 'Lo, the soul seeketh to ascend!'
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- And I looked and saw the chariot and horses, of which the voice had spoken.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- The voice again said, 'Behold the winged separates from that which hath no wings!'
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
Synonyms for voice
- air
- announce
- approval
- articulate
- articulation
- assert
- call
- choice
- come out with
- cry
- decision
- declare
- deliver
- delivery
- divulge
- emphasize
- enunciate
- exclamation
- expression
- give expression
- give utterance
- inflect
- inflection
- intonate
- intonation
- modulate
- modulation
- murmur
- mutter
- option
- part
- participation
- preference
- present
- proclaim
- pronounce
- put
- recount
- representation
- right of free speech
- roar
- say
- say-so
- shout
- song
- sound
- speak
- speech
- statement
- suffrage
- talk
- tell
- tone
- tongue
- utter
- utterance
- vent
- verbalize
- view
- vocalization
- vocalize
- vociferation
- vote
- vox populi
- will
- wish
- words
- yell
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