Roget's Thesaurus: Entry 580 (Voice)

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#580. Voice. -- N. voice; vocality[obs]; organ, lungs, bellows; good voice, fine voice, powerful voice &c. (loud) 404;, musical voice &c. 413; intonation; tone of voice &c. (sound) 402 .

vocalization; cry &c. 411; strain, utterance, prolation[obs]; exclamation, ejaculation, vociferation, ecphonesis[obs]; enunciation, articulation; articulate sound, distinctness; clearness, of articulation; stage whisper; delivery.

accent, accentuation; emphasis, stress; broad accent, strong accent, pure accent, native accent, foreign accent; pronunciation.

[Word similarly pronounced] homonym.

orthoepy[obs]; cacoepy[obs]; euphony &c. (melody) 413.

gastriloquism[obs], ventriloquism; ventriloquist; polyphonism[obs], polyphonist[obs].

[Science of voice] phonology &c. (sound) 402.

V. utter, breathe; give utterance, give tongue; cry &c. (shout) 411; ejaculate, rap out; vocalize, prolate|, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, accentuate, aspirate, deliver, mouth; whisper in the ear.

Adj. vocal, phonetic, oral; ejaculatory, articulate, distinct, stertorous; euphonious &c. (melodious) 413.

Phr. "how sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman" [Massinger]; "the organ of the soul" [Longfellow]; "thy voice is a celestial melody" [Longfellow].