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.