Collocations for voice - noun

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

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.

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.

recognition
the computer''s voice recognition capability

mail (also ‘voicemail’), mailbox, message, traffic | synthesizer

in a/your ~
‘Get out!’ she shouted in a shrill voice. | There was fury in his voice as he answered her.

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.

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

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

~ of
to listen to the voice of conscience

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.