DEVOICES Antonyms

• expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language

• consisting of segments held together by joints

• provide with a joint

• put into words or an expression

• speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

• unite by forming a joint or joints

• express or state clearly

• state emphatically and authoritatively

• announce publicly or officially

• state firmly

• declare to be

• authorize payments of

• designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand

• make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official

• proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against

• speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

• express or state clearly

• mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system

• public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops

• rapid transport of goods

• by express

• not tacit or implied

• without unnecessary stops

• give expression to

• articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise

• serve as a means for expressing something

• indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

• manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait)

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

• send by rapid transport or special messenger service

• declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles

• state or announce

• affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of

• praise, glorify, or honor

• speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

• pronounce judgment on

• express in speech

• exchange thoughts; talk with

• use language

• give a speech to

• make a characteristic or natural sound

• be verbose

• express in speech

• articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise

• convert into a verb

• utter with vibrating vocal chords

• sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel

• pronounce as a vowel

• express or state clearly

• utter speech sounds

• the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

• the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract

• a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance

• expressing in coherent verbal form

• a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated

• something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression

• (metonymy) a singer

• an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose

• the ability to speak

• (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes

• the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music

• A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.

• give voice to

• utter with vibrating vocal chords