vocal

Examples

• All

• The crowd was very vocal and that was their favorite.

• But she stands there, rocking the baby, whose vocal cords are sturdy enough to go on bawling for days.

  Fiction book (1991)

• All but very vocal girls were talking to the media.

• Also, there are places that have been vocal with their need for summer employees, like Sonic.

  Blog text (20)

• Who's ready to get vocal?

  Pitch Perfect (2012)

• There's a real estate ad on Phoenix TV where the realtor's vocal style is complete smarm.

  Blog text (11)

• The cafe was lively and vocal with groups of friends chatting and laughing.

• During the debate, the audience was especially vocal, shouting their opinions on the issues.

• At the concert, fans were vocal, singing along to every song performed by the band.

Synonyms

N

noisy

vsvocal

125 1.0

Full of loud, unpleasant sounds

focuses specifically on many human voices talking or shouting

L

loudish

vsvocal

4.8

Making a little more noise than usual

is often louder because many people talk or shout

Antonyms

Q

quiet

∞ 1.0

Not making much noise

S

silent

257 1.0

Not making any sound

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 Noisy

uproarious

1 6.5

vocal

9 4.1

quiet

∞ 1.0

silent

257 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology