animate - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

give new life or energy to

Synonyms

• animate
• quicken
• reanimate
• recreate
• renovate
• repair
• revive
• revivify
• vivify

More generic

• arouse
• brace
• energise
• energize
• perk up
• stimulate

Related

• come to
• resuscitate
• revive

Verb

make lively

Synonyms

• animate
• enliven
• invigorate
• liven
• liven up

More generic

• arouse
• brace
• energise
• energize
• perk up
• stimulate

More specific

• ginger up
• inspirit
• jazz up
• juice up
• pep up
• spirit
• spirit up

Verb

give lifelike qualities to

Synonyms

• animate
• animise
• animize

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

Verb

heighten or intensify

Synonyms

• animate
• enliven
• exalt
• inspire
• invigorate

More generic

• excite
• shake
• shake up
• stimulate
• stir

More specific

• encourage

Adjective

endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness

Synonyms

• animate
• sentient

Related

• sensate

Adjective

endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life

Synonyms

• animate

Opposite / Antonyms

• inanimate

Adjective

belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings

Synonyms

• animate

Opposite / Antonyms

• inanimate

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