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| Main Entry: | animate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to life |
| Synonyms: | activate, arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, exalt, excite, fire, gladden, hearten, impel, incite, inform, inspire, instigate, invigorate, kindle, move, quicken, revive, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vivify, inspirit, liven, make alive, revivify, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | deaden, discourage, kill |
| Main Entry: | animate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alive |
| Synonyms: | breathing, live, living, mortal, moving, viable, vital, zoetic |
| Antonyms: | dead |
| Main Entry: | animate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, animated, dynamic, gay, happy, spirited, vivacious, activated, energized |
| Antonyms: | discouraged, dull, quiet, shy, spiritless |
| Main Entry: | actuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start a function or action, motivate |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on*, energize, excite, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on*, work up*, fire up, key up, put up to, work into lather |
| Notes: | when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence) to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions |
| Antonyms: | impede, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | animated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, animate, ardent, brisk, buoyant, dynamic, ebullient, elated, energetic, enthusiastic, excited, fervent, gay, happy, passionate, peppy, quick, snappy, spirited, sprightly, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vivacious, vivid, zealous, zippy, activated, energized, vitalized, zestful, zingy |
| Main Entry: | arouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, entice |
| Synonyms: | agitate, alert, animate, awaken, call, challenge, electrify, enliven, foment, foster, goad, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, move, provoke, rally, rouse, send, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on, warm, whet, whip up, work up, fire up, heat up, wake up, waken |
| Antonyms: | bore, calm, lull, quiet |
| Main Entry: | awaken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make conscious or alert |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, arouse, awake, call, enliven, excite, fan, incite, kindle, provoke, rally, revive, rise and shine*, rouse, stimulate, turn out*, vivify, wake, pile out*, roll out*, show a leg, stir up |
| Antonyms: | deaden, hypnotize, go to sleep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chipper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | alert, animate, animated, bright, brisk, gay, keen, lively, spirited, sprightly, vivacious, in good spirits |
| Antonyms: | unhappy |
| Main Entry: | console |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relieve, comfort |
| Synonyms: | animate, assuage, buck up*, calm, cheer, encourage, gladden, lift, solace, soothe, tranquilize, condole with, express sympathy, inspirit, untrouble, upraise |
| Antonyms: | agitate, annoy, antagonize, depress, discourage, disturb, hurt, sadden, trouble, upset, dispirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | electrify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrill, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | amaze, animate, astonish, astound, charge, commove, disturb, dynamize, energize, enthuse, excite, fire, frenzy, galvanize, invigorate, jar, jolt, magnetize, power, provoke, rouse, send, shock, stagger, startle, stir, strike, stun, take one's breath away, wire* |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | energize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | activate; give more life |
| Synonyms: | animate, arm, build up, electrify, empower, enable, enliven, excite, fortify, invigorate, motivate, pep up, prime, quicken, reinforce, stimulate, strengthen, sustain, trigger, turn on, work up, zap*, actify, activize, goose*, innervate, inspirit, jazz up, juice up, liven up, pump up, put zip into, start up, switch on, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | deactivate, debilitate, sap, tire, weaken, weary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enliven |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire, vitalize |
| Synonyms: | animate, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, divert, entertain, excite, exhilarate, fire, galvanize, gladden, hearten, invigorate, pep up*, perk up*, pick up, quicken, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, spark, spice, stimulate, vivify, work up*, zap*, brace up, fire up, give a lift, give life to, inspirit, jazz up, juice up, let sunshine in, put pep into, recreate, snap out of it, spice up, vivificate, wake up |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull, enervate, exhaust, fatigue, subdue, tire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire; upset |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, agitate, amaze, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, astound, awaken, bother, chafe, delight, discompose, disturb, electrify, elicit, energize, evoke, fire, fluster, foment, galvanize, goad, incite, induce, inflame, infuriate, instigate, intensify, irritate, jar, jolt, kindle, madden, mock, move, offend, precipitate, provoke, quicken, rouse, start, stimulate, taunt, tease, thrill, titillate, vex, warm, whet, work up, worry, feed the fire, stir up, touch off, wake up, waken |
| Antonyms: | bore, calm, compose, deaden, lull, moderate, pacify, quiet, repress, tranquilize |
| Main Entry: | exhilarate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make very happy |
| Synonyms: | animate, boost, buoy, cheer, delight, elate, enliven, exalt, excite, gladden, inspire, invigorate, juice*, lift, pep up*, perk up*, pick up, quicken, rejoice, send, stimulate, thrill, turn on*, uplift, commove, inspirit, put zip into, snap up, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | agitate, depress, discourage, sadden, upset, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fascinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate, hold spellbound |
| Synonyms: | absorb, allure, animate, arouse, attach, attract, beguile, bewitch, charm, compel, delight, draw, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, enthrall, entice, entrance, excite, fire, gladden, hypnotize, interest, intrigue, invite, kindle, lure, mesmerize, overpower, overwhelm, pique, please, provoke, ravish, seduce, stimulate, stir, subdue, tantalize, tempt, thrill, titillate, transfix, transport, win, infatuate, intoxicate, rivet, spellbind |
| Antonyms: | bore, repel, tire, disenchant, disenthrall, disinterest |
| Main Entry: | galvanize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, astonish, awaken, electrify, energize, excite, fire*, frighten, invigorate, jolt, motivate, move, pique, prime, provoke, quicken, shock, spur, startle, stir, stun, thrill, wake, zap*, commove, innervate, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | depress, deter, discourage, disparage, dissuade, retard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | goad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | egg on, incite |
| Synonyms: | animate, annoy, arouse, bully, coerce, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, force, harass, hound, impel, instigate, irritate, lash, move, needle*, press, prick*, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, sound, spark*, spur, stimulate, sting*, tease, thrust, trigger, turn on*, urge, whip*, work up, worry, fire up, goose*, inspirit, key up, put up to, rowel, sic |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hearten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise someone's spirits |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, assure, buck up, buoy, cheer, comfort, console, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, incite, inspire, rally, reassure, rouse, steel, stimulate, stir, strengthen, inspirit, revivify |
| Antonyms: | bring down, depress, discourage, dishearten |
| Main Entry: | incite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, provoke |
| Synonyms: | abet, activate, actuate, agitate, animate, arouse, coax, craze, drive, egg on*, encourage, excite, exhort, foment, force, forward, further, goad, impel, induce, inflame, influence, inspire, instigate, juice*, motivate, persuade, prick, promote, prompt, provoke, push, raise, rouse, set, solicit, spur, stimulate, taunt, trigger, urge, whip up*, work up*, fan the fire, get to*, inspirit, key up, psych, put up to, set off*, stir up, talk into |
| Antonyms: | delay, deter, discourage, prohibit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | infuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | introduce; soak |
| Synonyms: | animate, imbue, impart, implant, impregnate, inculcate, indoctrinate, ingrain, inoculate, inspire, instill, intersperse, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, plant, saturate, steep, suffuse, breathe into |
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