Definition of voice

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• voice is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• voice is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• voice is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of voice

• the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract (noun)

  Examples

  1. a singer takes good care of his voice

  Synonyms

  1. phonation
  2. vocalisation
  3. vocalism
  4. vocalization
  5. vox
• the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. part
• an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. interpreter
  2. representative
  3. spokesperson
• expressing in coherent verbal form (noun)

  Examples

  1. I gave voice to my feelings

  Synonyms

  1. articulation
• utter with vibrating vocal chords (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. sound
  2. vocalise
  3. vocalize
• a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated (noun)

  Examples

  1. the voice of the law
  2. the Times is not the voice of New York
  3. conservatism has many voices
• a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance (noun)

  Examples

  1. the noisy voice of the waterfall
  2. the incessant voices of the artillery
• give voice to (verb)

  Examples

  1. He voiced his concern
• (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes (noun)
• (metonymy) a singer (noun)

  Examples

  1. he wanted to hear trained voices sing it
• something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression (noun)

  Examples

  1. the wee small voice of conscience
  2. the voice of experience
  3. he said his voices told him to do it
• the ability to speak (noun)

  Examples

  1. he lost his voice
• the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech (noun)

  Examples

  1. A shrill voice sounded behind us

See definition of voice in Merriam Webster