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voice

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of voice

1 the right to express a wish, choice, or opinion
  • Everyone will have a voice in the decision of where to go for our vacation.
Synonyms of voice

say, say-so, vote
Words Related to voice

part, role (also rôle), share

ballot, enfranchisement, franchise, suffrage

belief, conviction, judgment (or judgement), 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
Synonyms of voice

articulation, expression, formulation, phrasing, statement, utterance, wording
Words Related to voice

outlet, vent

observation, reflection, remark, thought

speech, tongue
3 one who sings
  • one of the great voices of her generation
Synonyms of voice

caroler (or caroller), singer, songster, vocalist, vocalizer
Words Related to voice

belter

crooner, harmonizer, hummer, warbler, yodeler

serenader

cantor, chanter, chorister

songstress

bard, troubadour

voice

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of voice

to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)
  • voiced a suggestion about where to go
Synonyms of voice

air, expound, express, give, look, raise, sound, state, vent, ventilate
Words Related to voice

advertise, announce, declare, enunciate, proclaim, say

broadcast, circulate, disseminate, publish

describe, write, write up

sound off, speak out, speak up

chime in

communicate, convey, put across, put over

offer, submit
Phrases Synonymous with voice

give air to, put forth
Near Antonyms of voice

censor, restrain, restrict
Antonyms of voice

stifle, suppress

Synonym Discussion of voice

express, vent, utter, voice, broach, air mean to make known what one thinks or feels. express suggests an impulse to reveal in words, gestures, actions, or what one creates or produces.
    • expressed her feelings in music
vent stresses a strong inner compulsion to express especially in words.
    • a tirade venting his frustration
utter implies the use of the voice not necessarily in articulate speech.
    • utter a groan
voice does not necessarily imply vocal utterance but does imply expression or formulation in words.
    • an editorial voicing their concerns
broach adds the implication of disclosing for the first time something long thought over or reserved for a suitable occasion.
    • broached the subject of a divorce
air implies an exposing or parading of one's views often in order to gain relief or sympathy or attention.
    • publicly airing their differences

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