Animate — synonyms, animate antonyms, definition

1. animate (a)

active alive animated breathing existing extant having life live living mortal surviving vital

2. animate (Verb)

activate animise animize arise arouse assure awaken bestir boost brighten buoy call forth charge cheer cheer up coax comfort console delight elate • • •

animate (Verb) — Heighten or intensify. ex. "These paintings animate the imagination"

animate (Verb) — Give lifelike qualities to. ex. "animated cartoons"

animate (Verb) — Make lively.

animate (Verb) — Give new life or energy to. ex. "A hot soup will animate me"

alter arouse brace change energise energize excite modify perk up shake shake up stimulate stir encourage ginger up inspirit jazz up juice up pep up spirit spirit up

3. animate (Adjective)

sentient inanimate

animate (Adjective) — (linguistics) belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings. ex. "the word 'dog' is animate"

animate (Adjective) — Endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life. ex. "we are animate beings"

animate (Adjective) — Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness. ex. "the living knew themselves just animate puppets on God's stage"

aliveness animateness liveness sentience