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Verbs (16)

enliven

v. make sprightly or cheerful

animize

v. give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons"

enliven, invigorate, inspire, exalt

v. heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"

revive, reanimate, quicken, vivify, revivify

v. give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"

enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up, make lively

v. make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (4)

animate

adj. belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate"

animate

adj. endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"

alive

adj. having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"

living

adj. endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"

Fuzzynyms (135)

vitalize, vitalise

v. make more lively or vigorous; "The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man"

brace, arouse, stimulate, energize, energise, perk up

v. cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"

animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up, make lively

v. make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"

cheer, hearten, embolden

v. give encouragement to

barrack, cheer, pep up, inspire, exhort, urge on, cheer on

v. urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"

fire, arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

stir up, agitate, foment

v. try to stir up public opinion

cheer, cheer up, chirk up

v. become cheerful

gladden, become glad

v. become glad or happy

thrill, exalt, exhilarate

v. fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

delight, please, give joy

v. give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"

trip, trigger, spark, activate, set off, actuate, spark off, trigger off, touch off

v. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

transport, delight, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, ravish, enthral

v. hold spellbound

strike, impress, move, affect, make an impression on

v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

lighten, lighten up, brighten, make brighter

v. make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

glamorize, glamourise

v. make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!"

immortalize, eternize, eternalize

v. make famous forever; "This melody immortalized its composer"

deify

v. consider as a god or godlike; "These young men deify financial success"

preserve

v. prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"

extend, prolong, protract, draw out

v. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

induce, bring on

v. cause to arise; "induce a crisis"

activate, make more adsorptive

v. of metals

renew

v. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"

rejuvenate, make youthful, make younger

v. make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"

revive, resuscitate

v. cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man"

revive

v. restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"

revive, come to, regain consciousness

v. return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"

strengthen, fortify, beef up

v. make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

vitalize, vitalise

v. make more lively or vigorous; "The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man"

refresh, freshen, make fresh

v. make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us"

rejuvenate, make youthful, make younger

v. make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"

restore

v. return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition"

renew

v. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"

fix, repair, doctor, mend, bushel, touch on, restore, furbish up

v. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

animate, animize

v. give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons"

charge, load with a charge, place a charge on

v. fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay"

live, alive, eruptive

adj. actively spewing out lava; "a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring"

functioning, functional

adj. performing or able to perform its regular function; "a functioning flashlight"

breathing

adj. passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination; "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone"

living, live

adj. possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"

live, alive, eruptive

adj. actively spewing out lava; "a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring"

Synonyms (4)

living, animate

adj. endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"

animate, alive

adj. having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"

Antonyms (19)

discourage

v. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

deaden, blunt

v. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"

break, damp, dampen, weaken, soften

v. lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"

inanimate

adj. belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; "the word `car' is inanimate"

dead, inanimate

adj. no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"

bloodless, lifeless

adj. destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden

lifeless

adj. not having the capacity to support life; "a lifeless planet"

lifeless, exanimate

adj. deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body"

inoperative

adj. not operating; "an inoperative law"

inanimate, nonliving

adj. not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones"

animate

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