Entry Word: voice

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the right to express a wish, choice, or opinion <everyone will have a voice in the decision of where to go for our field trip>

Synonyms say, vote

Related Words part, role, share; enfranchisement, franchise, suffrage; judgment (or judgement), say-so; belief, conviction, opinion, sentiment, view

2 an act, process, or means of putting something into words <a publisher who used his newspaper as a voice for his extreme conservatism> — see expression 1
3 one who sings <one of the great voices of her generation> — see singer