| Main Entry: | pep up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invigorate, inspire |
Synonyms: |
animate, enliven, exhilarate, jazz up, quicken, stimulate, vitalize, vivify |
Antonyms: |
discourage, tire, wear |
| Main Entry: | energize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | activate; give more life |
Synonyms: |
actify, activize, animate, arm, build up, electrify, empower, enable, enliven, excite, fortify, goose, innervate, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, juice up, liven up, motivate, pep up, prime, pump up, put zip into, quicken, reinforce, start up, stimulate, strengthen, sustain, switch on, trigger, turn on, vitalize, work up, zap |
| Notes: | energize means to cause to be alert or to invigorate while enervate means to weaken mentally or morally |
Antonyms: |
deactivate, debilitate, sap, tire, weaken, weary |
| Main Entry: | enliven |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire, vitalize |
Synonyms: |
animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, divert, entertain, excite, exhilarate, fire, fire up, galvanize, give a lift, give life to, gladden, hearten, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, juice up, let sunshine in, pep up, perk up, pick up, put pep into, quicken, recreate, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, snap out of it, spark, spice, spice up, stimulate, vivificate, vivify, wake up, work up, zap |
Antonyms: |
bore, dull, enervate, exhaust, fatigue, subdue, tire |
| Main Entry: | exhilarate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make very happy |
Synonyms: |
animate, boost, buoy, cheer, commove, delight, elate, enliven, exalt, excite, gladden, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, juice*, lift, pep up, perk up, pick up, put zip into, quicken, rejoice, send, snap up, stimulate, thrill, turn on, uplift, vitalize |
Antonyms: |
agitate, depress, discourage, sadden, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | flavor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add seasoning |
Synonyms: |
add zing, add zip, ginger, hot it up, imbue, impart, infuse, lace, leaven, pep up, pepper, salt, season, spice |
| Main Entry: | invigorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate |
Synonyms: |
activate, animate, brace, buck up, energize, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, galvanize, harden, inspirit, liven up, nerve, pep up, perk up, pick up, quicken, rally, refresh, reinforce, rejuvenate, renew, restore, revitalize, rouse, snap up, stir, strengthen, trigger, turn on, vitalize, vivify, zap |
Antonyms: |
bore, depress, dishearten, dull, enervate |
| Main Entry: | perk up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheer |
Synonyms: |
ameliorate, be refreshed, brighten, buck up, cheer up, convalesce, gain, improve, invigorate, liven up, look up, mend, pep up, rally, recover, recuperate, refresh, renew, revive, shake, take heart |
Antonyms: |
depress |
| Main Entry: | rouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate, excite |
Synonyms: |
aggravate, agitate, anger, animate, arouse, ask for it, awaken, bestir, bug*, challenge, craze, deepen, disturb, enhance, enliven, exhilarate, fire up, foment, galvanize, get going, heighten, incite, inflame, innervate, innerve, instigate, intensate, intensify, key up, kindle, magnify, make waves, mount, move, needle, pep up, pique, provoke, quicken, rally, redouble, rile, rise, startle, steam up, stir, trigger, urge, vivify, wake, wake up, waken, whet, whip up, work up |
Antonyms: |
calm, disenchant, dull |
| Main Entry: | wake/waken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, stimulate |
Synonyms: |
activate, animate, arouse, awaken, challenge, enliven, fire, fire up, freshen, galvanize, grasp, jazz up, key up, kindle, notice, pep up, provoke, quicken, rally, renew, rouse, see, steam up, stir up, switch on, understand, whet, zip up |
Antonyms: |
discourage, dissuade |
| Main Entry: | vitalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | energize |
Synonyms: |
actify, activize, animate, arm, build up*, electrify, empower, enable, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, goose, innervate, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, juice up, liven up, motivate, pep up, prime*, pump up, put zip into, quicken, reinforce, start up, stimulate, strengthen, sustain, switch on, trigger, turn on, work up, zap |