utterance, vocalization

the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

• sleep talking, somniloquy, somniloquism — uttering speech while asleep
• roll call — calling out an official list of names
• cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
• cry, yell — a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)
• croak, croaking — a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
• exclamation, exclaiming — an abrupt excited utterance
• expletive — a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line
• groan, moan — an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
• howl, howling, ululation — a long loud emotional utterance
• laugh, laughter — the sound of laughing
• paging — calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system)
• profanity — vulgar or irreverent speech or action
• pronunciation — the manner in which someone utters a word
• exultation, rejoicing, jubilation — the utterance of sounds expressing great joy
• sigh, suspiration — an utterance made by exhaling audibly
• snarl — a vicious angry growl
• speaking, speech production — the utterance of intelligible speech
• speech — something spoken
• sputter, splutter — an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
• rasp, rasping — uttering in an irritated tone
• growling — a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal)

• auditory communication — communication that relies on hearing

• phone, speech sound, sound — (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language