English adjective: animate | |||
1. | animate belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings | ||
Samples | The word `dog' is animate. | ||
Domain category | linguistics | ||
Antonyms | inanimate | ||
2. | animate endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life | ||
Samples | We are animate beings. | ||
Attribute | aliveness, animateness, liveness | ||
Antonyms | non-living, nonliving, inanimate | ||
3. | animate endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness | ||
Samples | The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage. | ||
Synonyms | sentient | ||
Similar | sensate | ||
Attribute | sentience | ||
Antonyms | insensate, insentient | ||
English verb: animate | |||
1. | animate (emotion) heighten or intensify | ||
Samples | These paintings exalt the imagination. | ||
Synonyms | enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | encourage | ||
2. | animate (change) give lifelike qualities to | ||
Samples | Animated cartoons. | ||
Synonyms | animise, animize | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
3. | animate (change) make lively | ||
Samples | Let's liven up this room a bit. | ||
Synonyms | enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ginger up, inspirit, jazz up, juice up, pep up, spirit, spirit up | ||
Antonyms | blunt, deaden | ||
4. | animate (body) give new life or energy to | ||
Samples | A hot soup will revive me. This will renovate my spirits. This treatment repaired my health. | ||
Synonyms | quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate | ||
Verb group | come to, resuscitate, revive | ||