vocalizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of vocalize
1
as in utters
to express (a thought or emotion) in words she's not one to vocalize her worries

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2
as in sings
to produce musical sounds with the voice spent some time vocalizing before the concert

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Recent Examples of vocalizes The clip, filmed from a few feet away, shows the saxophone player continuing unfazed as the Dalmatian raises its snout and vocalizes in rhythm. — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025 As the sweetly melodic ballad tapers, a gentle beat kicks in and Carey vocalizes words of religious praise over a syncopated coda for the last two minutes, her five-octave voice punctuating her patented melismatic style. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vocalizes
  1. utters
  2. sings
  3. says
  4. chants
  5. tells
  6. speaks
  7. talks
  8. discusses
Verb
  • Rao wrote and co-produced the comedy, and nobody in it utters a line.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Over the course of Decay, Godflesh‘s 10th and supposedly penultimate album, frontman Justin Broadrick utters less than 150 words total in just 42 minutes.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of utters
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  • But there is an exception to these moments when the schticky and the serious don’t quite jell, and Pfeiffer sings the heck out of it.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The Swedish baritone Peter Mattei, who sings Lincoln, is tall and rightly renowned for his rich, unmuddy voice, here channelled into plausible Midwestern vowels.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of sings
Verb
  • Cleveland Clinic says some early research is encouraging, but black garlic isn’t medicine and shouldn’t replace any treatment your doctor recommends.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
  • OpenAI says Pando has reduced median Git push latency by nearly 80 percent.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of says
Verb
  • Eurylochus chants this on the seas after the crew leaves the island of the sun god’s cattle.
    — Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The ballroom at the Westin Perimeter North is packed with people sporadically breaking out in Rick Jackson chants from time to time.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 16 June 2026
Definition of chants
Verb
  • The next morning, Marian is racked with guilt and tells Larry she is probably ruined.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Jetson tells CyberGuy that Astro is a standard Jetson ONE with police lights added.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of tells
Verb
  • The scientists conducting the research said the study speaks to how widespread microplastics expansion is causing major pollution across numerous oceans and waterways around the world.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Veterans Treatment Court mentor coordinator Jim Chancellor speaks during the Lake County Government Center's annual Veterans Day ceremony on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of speaks
Verb
  • When Barton talks to officials in competitive districts, her message is simple.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Previous ceasefire talks either failed or the truces quickly fell apart.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of talks
Verb
  • An election official discusses with WJZ why the vote-counting process takes so long.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Another source says that Timberlake discusses some of former girlfriend Britney Spears’ recent comments as well.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of discusses

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“Vocalizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vocalizes. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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