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