“animate”

Definitions

• adjective

  belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings

  Synonyms: aboveground, activate, activated, active, actuate, alert, alive, animated, arouse, biological, biotic, boost

  Antonyms: inanimate

  • Example:“The word ‘dog’ is animate.”

• adjective

  endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life

  Antonyms: inanimate

  • Example:“We are animate beings.”

• adjective

  endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness

  Synonyms: sentient

  • Example:“The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage.”

• verb

  heighten or intensify

  Synonyms: inspire, invigorate, enliven, exalt

  • Example:“These paintings exalt the imagination.”

• verb

  give lifelike qualities to

  Synonyms: animize, animise

  • Example:“animated cartoons”

• verb

  make lively

  Synonyms: enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate

  • Example:“Let's liven up this room a bit.”