I.
noun
1 sounds you make when speaking or singing
ADJECTIVE
▪ beautiful , fine , good , lovely , pleasant , sweet
▪
She has a beautiful singing ~.
▪ big , booming , loud , ringing , sonorous , stentorian ( formal ), strong
▪ light , little , small , thin , tiny , weak
▪ low , soft
▪ faint , inaudible , quiet
▪ audible
▪ deep , gravelly , gruff , hoarse , husky , rough
▪ falsetto , high , high-pitched , shrill , squeaky
▪ clear
▪ muffled , muted
▪ harsh , penetrating , scratchy , sharp
▪ nasal
▪ cracked , rasping , raspy , slurred
▪
I could tell from his slurred ~ that he'd been drinking.
▪ mellifluous , rich , silky , smooth , velvet , velvety
▪ sing-song
▪ gentle , soothing
▪ cheerful , cheery
▪ friendly , warm
▪ emotionless , matter-of-fact , unemotional
▪ flat , monotone
▪ calm , cool
▪ firm , steady
▪ shaky
▪ urgent
▪ authoritative , commanding
▪ distinctive , unmistakable
▪ familiar
▪ raised
▪ hushed
▪ cold , icy
▪ angry , annoyed
▪ strained , tired
▪ plaintive , sad
▪ serious , stern
▪ funny , silly
▪ baby
▪ annoying
▪ whiny
▪ mocking , sarcastic , teasing
▪ excited
▪ concerned , worried
▪ distant
▪ disembodied
▪ inner
▪
An inner ~ told him that what he had done was wrong.
▪ singing , speaking
▪ alto , baritone , bass , contralto , soprano , tenor , treble
▪ female , male
▪ feminine , masculine
VERB + VOICE
▪ hear
▪
I could hear ~s in the next room.
▪ raise
▪
She's a teacher who never has to raise her ~ to discipline the children.
▪ drop , lower
▪
She dropped her ~ to a whisper.
▪
Please lower your ~!
▪ project
▪
Try to project your ~ so that the people at the back of the room can hear you.
▪ control
▪ lose
▪
She's lost her ~ and won't be able to sing tonight.
▪ strain
▪ find
▪
He swallowed nervously as he tried to find his ~.
▪ imitate , put on
▪
She put on a silly ~ as she imitated her boss.
▪ disguise
▪ know , recognize
▪ silence
VOICE + VERB
▪ go up , rise
▪
His ~ rose in angry protest.
▪ die away , drift away , drift off , drop , fade , tail off ( esp. BrE ), trail away , trail off
▪
‘So he won't come … ’ her ~ trailed off in disappointment.
▪ be filled with sth , be full of sth
▪
Her ~ was filled with emotion.
▪ be laced with sth , be tinged with sth
▪ sound angry, excited, sad, etc.
▪ deepen , harden , soften , thicken
▪
His ~ suddenly thickened with emotion.
▪ echo
▪
Her ~ echoed through the silent house.
▪ whisper
▪
‘Be quiet!’ a ~ whispered in his ear.
▪ hiss , purr
▪ call , call out , cry , cry out
▪
‘Who is it?’ a female ~ called out.
▪ scream , shout , yell
▪
She was dimly aware of ~s shouting.
▪ bellow , boom , boom out
▪ resonate , reverberate , ring
▪ come from sth
▪ cut through sth , pierce sth
▪
His deep ~ cut through the silence.
▪ break , catch , catch in your throat , crack
▪
His ~ broke with emotion.
▪
His ~ broke ( = became a man's voice ) when he was 14.
▪ ask
▪ answer , reply
▪ sing
▪ falter , quaver , quiver , shake , tremble , waver
▪
Her ~ shook with fear.
▪ drone , drone on
▪
The flat, unemotional ~ droned on.
▪ be devoid of sth
▪ be drowned out by sth
▪ carry
VOICE + NOUN
▪ coach , teacher
▪ lessons
▪ recognition
▪
the computer's ~ recognition capability
▪ mail (usually voicemail ) , mailbox , message , traffic
▪ synthesizer
▪ acting (= providing voices for animated film characters)
▪ actor (= who provides voices for animated film characters)
▪ command
▪ box (usually voicebox )
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/your ~
▪
‘Get out!’ she shouted in a shrill ~.
▪
There was fury in his ~ as he answered her.
PHRASES
▪ at the top of your ~
▪
I was shouting at the top of my ~ but she couldn't hear me.
▪ a babble of ~s , a hum of ~s , a murmur of ~s
▪
They could hear a loud babble of ~s coming from the crowded bar.
▪ in good ~ ( BrE )
▪
She was in good ~ (= singing well) at the concert tonight.
▪
The home fans were in good ~ (= making a loud noise) before the match. ( BrE )
▪ keep your ~ down
▪
Please keep your ~ down so as not to wake the children.
▪ keep your ~ level , keep your ~ steady
▪
He managed to keep his ~ steady despite his feelings of panic.
▪ ~s in your head , ~s inside your head
▪
The main character was crazy, hearing ~s in his head.
▪ tone of ~
▪
‘Do you have to speak to me in that tone of ~?’ she asked sadly.
2 expression of ideas/opinions
ADJECTIVE
▪ critical , dissenting
▪
Dissenting ~s at the newspaper are very rare.
▪ lone
▪
a lone ~ of dissent
▪ powerful
▪
Powerful ~s in the Senate are determined to bring down the president.
▪ distinctive
▪
a writer with a highly distinctive ~
VERB + VOICE
▪ find
▪
Refugees have been unable to find a ~ in politics.
▪ add , lend
▪
Many senior politicians have lent their ~s to the campaign.
▪ give
▪
The magazine gave ~ to hundreds of oppressed factory workers.
▪ listen to
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
to listen to the ~ of conscience
PHRASES
▪ make your ~ heard
▪
a society in which individuals are able to make their ~s heard
▪ speak with one ~
▪
The teachers speak with one ~ when they demand an end to the cuts.
II.
verb
Voice is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ anger , ↑ approval , ↑ complaint , ↑ concern , ↑ criticism , ↑ desire , ↑ disagreement , ↑ disappointment , ↑ disapproval , ↑ discontent , ↑ dismay , ↑ displeasure , ↑ dissatisfaction , ↑ doubt , ↑ fear , ↑ feeling , ↑ frustration , ↑ grievance , ↑ hope , ↑ misgivings , ↑ objection , ↑ opinion , ↑ opposition , ↑ outrage , ↑ reservation , ↑ scepticism , ↑ sentiment , ↑ support , ↑ suspicion , ↑ view , ↑ worry