VOCALIZE Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

vocalize

verb

ˈvō-kə-ˌlīz

Definition of vocalize

as in to say

to express (a thought or emotion) in words she's not one to vocalize her worries

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as in to sing

to produce musical sounds with the voice spent some time vocalizing before the concert

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Recent Examples of vocalize Video shows the monkeys in their natural habitat vocalizing while in trees. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 16 July 2026 Last week, Diggins vocalized a litany of frustrations with the Sky — ranging from her move to the bench to recovery resources to end-of-game management by coach Tyler Marsh — before being suddenly added to the injury report. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026 The speech came three months after Dolan vocalized a Finals-or-bust expectation during a rare interview on WFAN. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026 And other cities, counties, and states are pivoting to get residents more information as deals are increasingly obstructed by residents loudly vocalizing opposition. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for vocalize

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Michael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right think tank, said Trump would be repeating the same policy mistake as his predecessor, Democratic former President Joe Biden.

— BILL BARROW, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
Hong Kong and central Chinese authorities say the laws were necessary to restore stability in the city after months of anti-government protests in 2019 that sometimes turned violent.

— Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of say

Verb

Ortiz would go on trips with the church’s youth group and sing with the choir every Wednesday and Sunday before services.

— Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
Moore plays Mona Friedman, a meek housewife who hasn’t sung in front of anyone since church choir and is unexpectedly cast in a community-theater production — then transforms into a zealous method actor willing to wage war over a marginal role.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of sing

Verb

Every exclamation, every hesitation, every slip of the tongue (including the film’s title, reportedly uttered by the real Chaplin twins once) comes simultaneously from both women.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
John Kay, The Sun’s then-chief reporter, used to say that whatever words a subject uttered was copy.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of utter

Verb

Fans chanted it for years inside The Swamp after being cued up by the marching band.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
As the ovation stretched into its sixth minute, the audience began chanting for director Lance Oppenheim and singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers, who makes her acting debut in the film.

— Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of chant

Verb

Home plate umpire Doug Eddings called time to tell Hancel Rincon to fix his hat.

— Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Several parents previously told the Democrat-Gazette and other local media that the couple then disappeared and stopped responding to emails or phone calls.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of tell

Verb

After all, sport has an almost unparalleled ability to talk to people, particularly some of those most at risk of taking their own lives.

— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
What led up to the lawsuit As the lawsuit explains, some former teammates talked among themselves in 2024 with memories of the hazing, and one of them started researching the history of the initiation practices.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of talk

Verb

In addition to conversations with Gansey and head coach Nick Nurse, The Athletic spoke with three league sources with direct knowledge of Philadelphia’s offseason maneuvering.

— Tony Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, speaking to Danish news agency Ritzau in Nuuk, said the message from Greenland’s government and people had been consistent.

— Reuters, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of speak

Verb

In my 17 seasons in the professional game, dealing with persistent infringement was never discussed at a training meeting, and no single method was promoted as best practice.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The novelist and journalist Mary McCarthy, by contrast, is discussed at length, though her inclusion even in the second sense seems unconvincing.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

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