vocal

Examples

• All

• The Xhosa language makes use of 15 vocal clicks from various positions within the mouth.

  Academic text (2015)

• And even though I was on vocal rest, we got straight to work.

• But will I improve my vocal range better than I am today?

• The teacher was able to work on specific vocal issues with each student.

  Academic text (2011)

• From interview to interview, reports of vocal improvements varied among the 14 students.

  Academic text (2015)

• If you hear yourself using vocal fry, just speak louder, OK?

• But first, let's talk to one of the most vocal people in the room, Jonathan Cohen.

• A similar choir devoted to males can address the vocal challenges of the adolescent male voice.

  Academic text (2008)

• People with fluent aphasia may have normal vocal inflection but use words that lack meaning.

• The teacher emphasized the importance of vocal exercises to enhance students' speaking skills.

Synonyms

O

oral

vsvocal

99 2.7

Said aloud instead of written down

focuses on the ability to produce speech, not on mode of delivery

V

verbal

vsvocal

37 3.2

Said in speech rather than written down

is about the ability to produce speech sounds, not only expressing ideas in words

S

spoken

vsvocal

1 1.0

Said aloud rather than written

describes the ability to produce speech rather than the manner of expression

P

phonic

vsvocal

• Specialized

1 6.7

About speech sounds and how people make them

is about the ability to produce speech or sound with the voice

S

speech-endowed

vsvocal

8.2

Able to speak words like humans do

emphasizes actually using that capability to produce speech sounds

P

phonatory

vsvocal

• Specialized

8.9

Relating to the sound the vocal cords make when you speak

focuses on the general ability to produce speech rather than a specific cord action

Antonyms

M

mute

20 4.1

Not using speech, often shown by a look or gesture

S

silent

• Specialized

10 7.6

Too high or too low for people to hear

Idioms

V

vocal about

10 3.9

Openly say strong opinions or feelings about something

Compounds

V

vocal cord

• Specialized

35 3.5

A fold in the throat that vibrates to make your voice

V

vocal music

1 2.9

Music that people sing with or without instruments

S

superior vocal cord

• Specialized

1 8.9

An upper fold of tissue in the throat that does not make sound

T

true vocal cord

• Specialized

1 5.6

A thin piece of tissue in the throat that vibrates to make the voice

V

vocal cord injury

• Specialized

1 4.1

Damage to the small parts of the throat that make sound when you speak

V

vocal fold

• Specialized

1 6.3

A thin piece of tissue in the throat that vibrates to make sound

F

false vocal cord

• Specialized

7.8

Upper throat folds that protect the airway but do not make sound

F

false vocal fold

• Specialized

8.4

One of two thin pieces of tissue above the voice box that do not make sound

I

inferior vocal cord

• Specialized

8.4

A lower fold of tissue in the throat that makes sound when air passes between the two

I

inferior vocal fold

• Specialized

9.0

Lower band of tissue in the throat that makes sound when air passes between the two bands

T

true vocal fold

• Specialized

7.0

Thin bands of tissue in the voice box that vibrate to make voice when air passes between them

V

vocal band

• Specialized

4.8

Thin folds of tissue in the throat that make sound when you speak

V

vocal organ

• Specialized

3.8

A part of the mouth or throat that helps make speech sounds

How Vocal

vociferous

• Formal

7 7.8

loud

733 1.0

vocal

69 3.5

soft-spoken

20 3.9

silent

257 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology