| 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: | 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 |
