| Main Entry: | revive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start again; bring back to life |
Synonyms: |
animate, arouse, awaken, bounce back, breathe new life into, brighten, bring around, bring to, cheer, come around, come to life, comfort, console, encourage, energize, enkindle, enliven, exhilarate, gladden, inspirit, invigorate, make whole, overcome, please, quicken, rally, reanimate, recondition, recover, refresh, rejuvenate, rekindle, relieve, renew, renovate, repair, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, rouse, snap out of it, solace, spring up, strengthen, touch up, wake up |
Antonyms: |
destroy, kill, suppress |
| 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, inspirit, instigate, invigorate, kindle, liven, make alive, move, quicken, revive, revivify, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vitalize, vivify |
Antonyms: |
deaden, discourage, kill |
| Main Entry: | awake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or make aware |
Synonyms: |
activate, alert, animate, arouse, awaken, call forth, enliven, excite, incite, kindle, provoke, revive, stimulate, stir up, vivify |
Antonyms: |
deaden, lull |
| Main Entry: | awaken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make conscious or alert |
Synonyms: |
activate, animate, arouse, awake, call, enliven, excite, fan, incite, kindle, pile out, provoke, rally, revive, rise and shine, roll out, rouse, show a leg, stimulate, stir up, turn out, vivify, wake |
Antonyms: |
deaden, go to sleep, hypnotize |
| Main Entry: | comfort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make to feel better |
Synonyms: |
abate, aid, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assist, assuage, bolster, buck up, calm, cheer, commiserate with, compose, condole, confirm, console, delight, divert, ease, encourage, enliven, free, gladden, grant respite, hearten, help, inspirit, invigorate, lighten burden, make well, mitigate, nourish, put at ease, quiet fears, reanimate, reassure, refresh, relieve, remedy, revitalize, revive, salve, soften, solace, soothe, strengthen, stroke, succor, support, sustain, sympathize, uphold, upraise |
Antonyms: |
aggravate, annoy, bother, distress, exasperate, hurt, irritate, provoke, torment, torture, trouble, vex |
| Main Entry: | freshen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make like new; revitalize |
Synonyms: |
activate, air, cleanse, enliven, invigorate, purify, refresh, restore, revive, rouse, spruce up, sweeten, titivate, ventilate |
Antonyms: |
overuse |
| Main Entry: | heal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cure, recover |
Synonyms: |
alleviate, ameliorate, attend, bring around, compose, conciliate, convalesce, doctor, dress, fix, free, get well, harmonize, improve, knit, make healthy, make sound, make well, make whole, medicate, meliorate, mend, minister to, patch up, physic, put on feet again, reanimate, rebuild, reconcile, regenerate, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, resuscitate, revive, revivify, salve, set, settle, soothe, treat |
Antonyms: |
harm, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | help |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve |
Synonyms: |
alleviate, ameliorate, amend, attend, better, cure, doctor, ease, facilitate, heal, meliorate, mitigate, nourish, palliate, relieve, remedy, restore, revive, treat |
Antonyms: |
decrease, harm, hinder, hurt, injure, worsen |
| 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: | modernize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring up to date; remodel |
Synonyms: |
improve, refresh, regenerate, rejuvenate, remake, renew, renovate, restore, revamp, revive, update |
Antonyms: |
antique, date, outmode, regress, wear |