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- pronunciation:
- vo
k
 l
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
pertaining to or produced by the voice.
Speaking involves various types of vocal sounds.- synonyms:
- oral, uttered, vocalized, voiced
- antonyms:
- nonvocal
- similar words:
- articulated, spoken, verbal
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| definition 2: |
capable of producing sound by the voice.
These monkeys are highly vocal animals. |
| definition 3: |
performed by singing.
Gregorian chant is a medieval form of vocal music.- synonyms:
- lyric
- similar words:
- choral, operatic
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| definition 4: |
given to direct verbal expression; outspoken.
The workers have become more vocal in their complaints recently.- synonyms:
- free-spoken, outspoken, vociferous
- similar words:
- forthright, loud, loudmouthed, plain-spoken, talkative, voluble
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| related words: |
articulate, musical, oral |
adverb + (adj.)vocal
best, equally, extremely, highly, increasingly, initially, most
(adj.)vocal
+ noun
activist,
advocate,
album,
apparatus,
arrangement,
band,
booth,
chop,
chord,
chorus,
coach,
complaint,
constituency,
contingent,
cord,
critic,
criticism,
defender,
delivery,
detractor,
duet,
edema,
ensemble,
exercise,
exploration,
expression,
fatigue,
flexibility,
fold,
genre,
group,
harmony,
hemorrhage,
immobility,
improvisation,
inflection,
intensity,
jazz,
ligament,
lyric,
mechanism,
melody,
minority,
mobility,
music,
nodule,
nuance,
opponent,
opposition,
organ,
paralysis,
pedagogy,
percussion,
performance,
performer,
phrase,
pitch,
polyp,
production,
proponent,
prowess,
quality,
quartet,
range,
recital,
requirement,
sac,
singing,
skill,
solo,
soloist,
song,
sound,
strain,
style,
support,
supporter,
surgery,
talent,
technique,
tic,
timbre,
tone,
track,
tract,
trick,
trio,
vibration,
warm-up
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a vocal sound.
- synonyms:
- utterance, vocalization
- similar words:
- articulation
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| definition 2: |
a piece of popular music composed for the voice, often with instrumental accompaniment; song.
- synonyms:
- song
- similar words:
- anthem, ballad, chorus, ditty, folk song, lullaby, serenade, torch song
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| derivation: |
vocally (adv.) |
The word vocal
contains the following parts:
voc, -voke
Latin
root
that means voice, to call
  Example words:
advocate, avocation, convocation, convoke, equivocal, equivocate, evocation, evocative, evoke, invocation, invoke, irrevocable, provoke, revoke, unequivocal, vocable, vocabulary, vocal, vocalic, vocalist, vocation, vociferous
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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