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Animate

🔄 Synonyms of "Animate"

16 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
exaltverb	(transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
sentientnoun	Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
invigorateverb	(transitive) To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.
enlivenverb	(transitive) To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
reviveverb	(transitive) (figurative) To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.
vivifyverb	(transitive) To bring to life; to enliven.
inspireverb	(transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
revivifyverb	(transitive) To reanimate, bring back to life.
sensateverb	Perceived by one or more of the senses.
reanimateverb	(ambitransitive) To restore (someone or something) to animation or life; to come back to animation or life.
livenverb	(ambitransitive) To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.
quickenverb	Senses relating to life or states of activity.
liven upverb	(intransitive) To become more happy, energetic or positive.
animizeverb	give life-like qualities to
recreateverb	(reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself.
vitalnoun	Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.

↔️ Antonyms of "Animate"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
insensatenoun	Senseless; foolish; irrational; thoughtless.
bluntnoun	Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
deadnoun	(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
inanimatenoun	Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.
insentient	Having no consciousness or feeling; inanimate.
deadenverb	(transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
nonliving	Alternative form of non-living. [Not living; inanimate.]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Animate"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
inspireverb	(transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
vitalnoun	Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
enlivenverb	(transitive) To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
invigorateverb	(transitive) To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.
vivifyverb	(transitive) To bring to life; to enliven.
liven upverb	(intransitive) To become more happy, energetic or positive.
livenverb	(ambitransitive) To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.
exaltverb	(transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
sensateverb	Perceived by one or more of the senses.
sentientnoun	Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
quickenverb	Senses relating to life or states of activity.
recreateverb	(reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself.
revivifyverb	(transitive) To reanimate, bring back to life.
reviveverb	(transitive) (figurative) To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.
reanimateverb	(ambitransitive) To restore (someone or something) to animation or life; to come back to animation or life.
animizeverb	give life-like qualities to
infuseverb	(transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
encourageverb	To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
drivenoun	To operate a vehicle:
stimulateverb	To encourage into action.