ADJ
- beautiful, fine, good, lovely, pleasant, sweet
- She has a beautiful singing voice
- big, booming, loud, ringing, sonorous, stentorian
- light, small, thin, tiny, weak
- low, soft
- deep, gravelly, gruff, hoarse, husky
- falsetto, high, high-pitched, shrill, squeaky
- clear
- muffled, muted, strangulated
- harsh, penetrating, sharp
- nasal
- cracked, rasping, slurred
- I could tell from his slurred voice that he'd been drinking
- fruity, mellifluous, rich, silky, smooth, velvet, velvety
- sing-song
- gentle, kindly, soothing
- cheerful, hearty
- friendly, warm
- flat, matter-of-fact, unemotional
- calm, cool
- firm, steady
- urgent
- authoritative
- distinctive
- raised
- hushed
- angry
- strained, tired
- plaintive
- funny, silly
- disembodied
- inner
- An inner voice told him that what he had done was wrong
- singing
- alto, baritone, bass, contralto, soprano, tenor, treble
VERB + VOICE
- hear
- I could hear voices in the next room
- raise
- She's a teacher who never has to raise her voice to discipline the children
- drop, lower
- She dropped her voice to a whisper. You're shouting?please lower your voice
- project
- Try to project your voice so that the people at the back of the room can hear you
- lose
- She's lost her voice and won't be able to sing tonight
- find
- He swallowed nervously as he tried to find his voice
- put on
- She put on a silly voice as she imitated her boss
VOICE + VERB
- go up, rise
- His voice rose in angry protest
- die away, drop, fade, tail away/off, trail away/off
- ' So he won't come … ' her voice trailed off in disappointment
- be filled/tinged with sth
- Her voice was filled with emotion
- deepen, harden, soften, thicken
- His voice suddenly thickened with emotion
- echo
- Her voice echoed through the silent house
- whisper
- 'Be quiet!' a voice whispered in his ear
- hiss, purr
- call (out), cry (out)
- 'Who is it?' a female voice called out
- scream, shout
- She was dimly aware of voices shouting
- boom (out)
- cut through sth, pierce sth
- His deep voice cut through the silence
- break, crack
- His voice broke with emotion. His voice broke (= became a deep, man's voice) when he was 14
- falter, quaver, shake, tremble, waver
- Her voice shook with fear
- drone (on)
- The flat, unemotional voice droned on
VOICE + NOUN
- recognition
- the computer's voice recognition capability
- mail (also voicemail), mailbox, message, traffic
- synthesizer
PREP
- in a/your ~
- 'Get out!' she shouted in a shrill voice. There was fury in his voice as he answered her
PHRASES
- at the top of your voice
- I was shouting at the top of my voice but she couldn't hear me
- a babble/hum/murmur of voices
- They could hear a loud babble of voices coming from the crowded bar
- in good voice
- The home fans were in good voice (= making a loud noise) before the match. She was in good voice (= singing well) at the concert tonight
- keep your voice down
- Please keep your voice down so as not to wake the children
- keep your voice level/steady
- He managed to keep his voice steady despite his feelings of panic
- tone of voice
- 'Do you have to speak to me in that tone of voice?' she said sadly
ADJ
- critical, dissenting
- Dissenting voices at the newspaper are very rare
- lone
- a lone voice of dissent
- powerful
- Powerful voices in the Senate are determined to bring down the president
- distinctive
- a writer with a highly distinctive voice
VERB + VOICE
- find
- Refugees have been unable to find a voice in politics
- add, lend
- Many senior politicians have lent their voices to the campaign
- give
- The magazine gave voice to hundreds of oppressed factory workers
- listen to
PREP
- ~ of
- to listen to the voice of conscience
PHRASES
- make your voice heard
- a society in which individuals are able to make their voices heard
- speak with one voice
- The teachers speak with one voice when they demand an end to the cuts