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| Main Entry: | pep up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invigorate, inspire |
| Synonyms: | animate, enliven, exhilarate, quicken, stimulate, vivify, jazz up, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | discourage, tire, wear |
| Main Entry: | jazzed-up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | souped up |
| Synonyms: | speedy, gassed-up, high geared, high performance, high speed, hopped-up, pepped-up, pumped-up, revved-up, supercharged |
| 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 |
| 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 |
* = 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: | 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: | flavor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add seasoning |
| Synonyms: | imbue, impart, infuse, lace, leaven, pep up*, salt, season, spice, add zing, add zip, ginger, hot it up, pepper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invigorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, brace, buck up, energize, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, galvanize, harden, nerve, pep up, perk up, pick up, quicken, rally, refresh, reinforce, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, stir, strengthen, trigger, turn on*, vivify, zap, inspirit, liven up, revitalize, snap up, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | bore, depress, dishearten, dull, enervate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perk up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheer |
| Synonyms: | ameliorate, brighten, buck up*, cheer up, convalesce, gain, improve, invigorate, look up, mend, pep up, rally, recover, recuperate, refresh, renew, revive, shake, be refreshed, liven up, take heart |
| Antonyms: | depress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate, excite |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, agitate, anger, animate, arouse, awaken, bug*, challenge, craze, deepen, disturb, enhance, enliven, exhilarate, foment, galvanize, heighten, incite, inflame, instigate, intensify, kindle, magnify, mount, move, needle, pep up*, pique, provoke, quicken, rally, redouble, rile, rise, startle, stir, trigger, urge, vivify, wake, whet, whip up*, work up, ask for it, bestir, fire up, get going, innervate, innerve, intensate, key up, make waves, steam up*, wake up, waken |
| Antonyms: | calm, dull, disenchant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wake/waken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, arouse, awaken, challenge, enliven, fire, freshen, galvanize, grasp, kindle, notice, pep up*, provoke, quicken, rally, renew, rouse, see, understand, whet, fire up, jazz up, key up, steam up*, stir up, switch on, zip up |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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