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Vocalize

To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to.

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Broader term 13

Articulate 76% connected

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enounce 76% connected

To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument.

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Enunciate 76% connected

To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Pronounce 76% connected

To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn…

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Say 76% connected

Saw.

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Sing 76% connected

To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of…

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Tell 76% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Manner of action 3

Chirk 76% connected

To shriek; to gnash; to utter harsh or shrill cries.

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Quaver 76% connected

To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.

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Waver 76% connected

To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

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Derivationally related 6

Vocalism 74% connected

The exercise of the vocal organs; vocalization.

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Vocalism 74% connected

The exercise of the vocal organs; vocalization.

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Vocalist 74% connected

A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an instrumentalist.

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Vocalist 74% connected

A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an instrumentalist.

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Voice 74% connected

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quali…

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Voice 74% connected

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quali…

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Synonym 5

Articulate 92% connected

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Enunciate 92% connected

To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sound 92% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Voice 92% connected

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quali…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vowelize 92% connected

To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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