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Voice

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice.

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Narrower term 12

Accompaniment 76% connected

That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of…

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Active 76% connected

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain acti…

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Ambassador 76% connected

Alt. of Embassador

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Bagman 76% connected

A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen.

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Bass 76% connected

of Bass

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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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Mouthpiece 76% connected

The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe.

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Passive 76% connected

Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.

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Primo 76% connected

First; chief.

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Secondo 76% connected

The second part in a concerted piece.

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Spokesman 76% connected

One who speaks for another.

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Advocate 76% connected

One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

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Agency 76% connected

The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

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Air 76% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

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Articulate 76% connected

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

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Communication 76% connected

The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

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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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Exponent 76% connected

A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a fa…

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Express 76% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

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Expression 76% connected

The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expr…

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Melody 76% connected

A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.

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Phonation 76% connected

The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.

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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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Proponent 76% connected

Making proposals; proposing.

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Say 76% connected

Saw.

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Singer 76% connected

One who, or that which, singes.

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Sound 76% connected

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

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Strain 76% connected

Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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Tune 76% connected

A sound; a note; a tone.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Verbalism 76% connected

Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Vocalism 76% connected

The exercise of the vocal organs; vocalization.

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Vocalist 76% connected

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

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Vocalization 76% connected

The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.

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Vox 76% connected

A voice.

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Way 76% connected

Away.

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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 4

Sonant 74% connected

Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.

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Sonant 74% connected

Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.

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Vocalize 74% connected

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

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Vocalize 74% connected

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

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Synonym 10

Articulation 92% connected

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

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Interpreter 92% connected

One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.

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Part 92% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Phonation 92% connected

The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.

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Representative 92% connected

Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

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Sound 92% connected

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

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Vocalism 92% connected

The exercise of the vocal organs; vocalization.

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Vocalization 92% connected

The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.

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Vocalize 92% connected

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

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Vox 92% connected

A voice.

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