| Main Entry: | elate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire |
Synonyms: |
cheer, encourage, exhilarate, gladden |
| Main Entry: | cheer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make someone feel happier |
Synonyms: |
animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy, comfort, console, elate, elevate, embolden, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, give a lift, gladden, hearten, help, incite, inspirit, let the sun shine in, perk up, pick up, put on cloud nine, put on top of the world, snap out of it, solace, steel, strengthen, uplift, upraise, warm |
Antonyms: |
bring down, depress, dishearten, make unhappy |
| Main Entry: | elevate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise spirits |
Synonyms: |
animate, boost, brighten, bring up, buoy up, cheer, elate, excite, exhilarate, glorify, hearten, inspire, lift up, perk up, refine, rouse, sublimate, uplift |
Antonyms: |
depress, disgrace, distress, lower, shame, trouble, upset |
| Main Entry: | enrapture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate |
Synonyms: |
allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, charm, delight, elate, enamor, enchant, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, gladden, gratify, please, ravish, rejoice, score, send, spellbind, transport |
Antonyms: |
disgust, displease, offend, repel |
| Main Entry: | entertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amuse |
Synonyms: |
absorb, beguile, captivate, charm, cheer, comfort, crack up, delight, distract, divert, ecstasize, elate, engross, enliven, enthrall, gladden, grab, gratify, humor, indulge, inspire, inspirit, interest, knock dead, make merry, occupy, pique, please, recreate, regale, relax, satisfy, slay, solace, stimulate, tickle |
Antonyms: |
bore, 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: | gladden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | please |
Synonyms: |
brighten, cheer, delight, elate, hearten, make happy, warm |
| Main Entry: | inspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, stimulate |
Synonyms: |
affect, animate, arouse, be responsible for, carry, cause, commove, elate, embolden, endue, enkindle, enliven, exalt, excite, exhilarate, fire up, galvanize, get*, give impetus, give one an idea, give rise to, hearten, imbue, impress, infect, inflame, influence, inform, infuse, inspirit, instill, invigorate, motivate, occasion, produce, provoke, quicken, reassure, set up, spark, spur, start off, stir, strike, sway, touch, trigger, urge, work up |
Antonyms: |
discourage, dissuade |
| Main Entry: | lighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheer up; inspire |
Synonyms: |
brighten, buoy up, cheer, elate, encourage, gladden, hearten, lift, perk up, revive, take a load off |
Antonyms: |
bring down, burden, depress, upset |
| Main Entry: | satisfy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | please, content |
Synonyms: |
amuse, animate, appease, assuage, befriend, brighten up, captivate, capture, cheer, cloy, comfort, conciliate, delight, do the trick, elate, enliven, entertain, enthrall, exhilarate, fascinate, fill, fill the bill, flatter, get by, gladden, glut, gorge, gratify, hit the spot, humor, indulge, make merry, make the grade, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quench, rejoice, sate, satiate, score, sell, sell on, slake, suit, surfeit |
Antonyms: |
anger, disappoint, discontent, dissatisfy, upset |