n. Function: adjective
1 uttered by the voice or having to do with such utterance FF1C; the infant's primitive vocal sounds from which language develops FF1E;
Synonyms: articulate, oral, sonant, spoken, viva voce, voiced
Related Words: intonated; expressed, uttered
Contrasted Words: unexpressed, unuttered, unvoiced
Antonyms: nonvocal
2
Synonyms: VOCALIC , vowel, vowely
Antonyms: consonantal
3 being able to express oneself clearly or easily FF1C; he was hardly vocal: he could scarcely express the simplest concepts FF1E;
Synonyms: articulate, eloquent, fluent, smooth-spoken
Related Words: expressing, voicing; expressive; outspoken, stentorian, venting
Contrasted Words: faltering, halting, hesitant, stumbling
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Synonyms: OUTSPOKEN , free, free-spoken, round