| VERB | communication | vocalize, voice, sound, vocalise | utter with vibrating vocal chords |
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| creation | vocalize, vocalise | sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel | |
| communication | vocalize, vocalise, vowelize, vowelise | pronounce as a vowel | |
| communication | vocalize, articulate, enunciate, vocalise | express or state clearly | |
| communication | vocalize, vocalise, phonate | utter speech sounds |
| Meaning | Utter with vibrating vocal chords. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | voice, sound, vocalise | |
| Narrower | chirk | make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird |
| quaver, waver | give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency | |
| Broader | pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
| Opposite | devoice | Utter with tense vocal chords |
| Spanish | vocalizar | |
| Nouns | vocalization | the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract |
| vocalizer | a person who sings | |
| vocalizer | an organism that can utter vocal sounds | |
| Meaning | sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They will vocalize the duet; Sam and Sue vocalize | |
| Synonym | vocalise | |
| Broader | sing | produce tones with the voice |
| Spanish | vocalizar | |
| Adjectives | vocal | relating to or designed for or using the singing voice |
| Nouns | vocalizer | a person who sings |
| vocalizing | the act of singing / singing vocal music | |
| Meaning | pronounce as a vowel. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Sam and Sue vocalize | |
| Synonyms | vocalise, vowelize, vowelise | |
| Broader | pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
| Spanish | vocalizar | |
| Meaning | Express or state clearly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | articulate, enunciate, vocalise | |
| Broader | state, say, tell | Express in words / words |
| Spanish | articular, enunciar, vocalizar | |
| Catalan | enunciar | |
| Meaning | Utter speech sounds. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | vocalise, phonate | |
| Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech |
| Adjectives | vocal | having or using the power to produce speech or sound |
| Nouns | vocalization | the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication |
| vocalizer | an organism that can utter vocal sounds | |
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