| Main Entry: | suffrage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal right |
Synonyms: |
assent, attestation, ballot, consensus, franchise, petition, prayer, right, testimony, voice, vote |
| Main Entry: | democracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government in which people participate |
Synonyms: |
commonwealth, egalitarianism, emancipation, equalitarianism, equality, freedom, justice, liberal government, representative government, republic, suffrage |
| Notes: | a democracy is confined to a small spot while a republic is extended over a large region |
| Main Entry: | franchise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority, right |
Synonyms: |
authorization, ballot, charter, exemption, freedom, immunity, patent, prerogative, privilege, suffrage, vote |
| Main Entry: | liberty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom |
Synonyms: |
autarchy, authorization, autonomy, birthright, carte blanche, choice, convenience, decision, deliverance, delivery, dispensation, emancipation, enfranchisement, enlightenment, exemption, franchise, free speech, immunity, independence, leave, leisure, liberation, license, opportunity, permission, power of choice, prerogative, privilege, relaxation, release, rest, right, sanction, self-determination, self-government, sovereignty, suffrage, unconstraint |
Antonyms: |
arrest, imprisonment, incarceration, restraint |
| Main Entry: | voice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opinion |
Synonyms: |
approval, choice, decision, expression, option, part, participation, preference, representation, right of free speech, say, say-so, suffrage, vent, view, vote, vox populi, will, wish |
| Main Entry: | vote |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision or right to decide representation |
Synonyms: |
aye, ballot, choice, franchise, majority, nay, plebiscite, poll, referendum, secret ballot, show of hands, suffrage, tally, ticket, will, wish, yea, yes or no |
| Main Entry: | say-so |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voice |
Synonyms: |
approval, choice, decision, expression, option, part, participation, preference, representation, right of free speech, say*, suffrage, vent, view, vote, vox populi, will, wish |
| Main Entry: | liberty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
loose, absolute, adespotic, allodial, anarchical, at ease, at large, at one's ease, autogenous, autonomous, discretionary, exempt, free, free and easy, free as air, freeborn, freed, freehold, going a begging, gratis, in full swing, independent, irrepressible, lax, left alone, left to oneself, licensed, out of harness, quite at home, rampant, reinless, relaxed, remiss, scot, spontaneous, unassailed, unauthorized, unbiased, unbound, unbridled, unbuttoned, uncaught, unchained, unchecked, unclaimed, uncompelled, unconditional, unconfined, unconstrained, uncontrolled, uncurbed, unenslaved, unenthralled, unfettered, unforced, ungoverned, unhindered, unlimited, unmuzzled, unobstructed, unprevented, unreined, unrestrained, unrestricted, unshackled, unsubject, untrammeled, unvanquished, wanton, weak
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| Concept: | Voice. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional means; spoken language |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
voice; vocality; organ, lungs, bellows; good voice, fine voice, powerful voice (loud) [more]; musical voice; intonation; tone of voice (sound)., vocalization; cry; strain, utterance, prolation; exclamation, ejaculation, vociferation, ecphonesis; enunciation, articulation; articulate sound, distinctness; clearness of articulation; stage whisper; delivery., accent, accentuation; emphasis, stress; broad accent, strong accent, pure accent, native accent, foreign accent; pronunciation., [Word similarly pronounced] homonym., orthoepy; cacoepy; euphony (melody)., gastriloquism, ventriloquism; ventriloquist; polyphonism, polyphonist., [Science of voice] phonology (sound) [more].
-verbs
utter, breathe; give utterance, give tongue; cry (shout); ejaculate, rap out; vocalize, prolate, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, accentuate, aspirate, deliver, mouth; whisper in the ear.
-adjectives
vocal, phonetic, oral; ejaculatory, articulate, distinct, stertorous; euphonious (melodious).
-phrases
"how sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman" [Massinger]; "the organ of the soul" [Longfellow]; "thy voice is a celestial melody" [Longfellow].
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Antonyms: |
aphony |
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