1. (adj) animate
belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
Synonyms: sentient
Antonyms: nonliving, inanimate, nonconscious, non-living
2. (adj) animate
endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
Synonyms: sentient
Antonyms: inanimate, nonliving, nonconscious, non-living
3. (verb) sentient, animate
endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
Synonyms: animate, sentient
Antonyms: nonconscious, inanimate, nonliving, non-living
4. (verb) inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt
heighten or intensify
Synonyms: revivify, tickle pink, animate, quicken, glorify, laud, extol, enliven, beatify, cheer, vivify, animize, urge on, instigate, root on, liven up, renovate, invigorate, exhilarate, urge, inspire, exalt, proclaim, thrill, prompt, revolutionize, recreate, reinvigorate, animise, barrack, repair, exhort, inhale, reanimate, pep up, breathe in, liven, revolutionise, revive, inebriate
Antonyms: nonliving, inanimate, nonconscious, non-living
5. (verb) animize, animise, animate
give lifelike qualities to
Synonyms: recreate, enliven, invigorate, quicken, liven, revive, revivify, animise, renovate, liven up, exalt, animize, reanimate, vivify, animate, repair, inspire
Antonyms: nonliving, non-living, inanimate, nonconscious
6. (verb) enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate
make lively
Synonyms: recreate, enliven, invigorate, animate, quicken, liven, revive, revivify, animise, renovate, liven up, exalt, animize, reanimate, vivify, reinvigorate, repair, inspire
Antonyms: inanimate, nonconscious, nonliving, non-living
7. (verb) animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
give new life or energy to
Synonyms: speed up, furbish up, resuscitate, restitute, compensate, animate, remediate, quicken, fix, amend, enliven, mend, cheer, vivify, animize, accelerate, refurbish, liven up, renovate, bushel, invigorate, speed, inspire, exalt, resurrect, play, hearten, restore, freshen up, rectify, touch on, recompense, recreate, animise, remedy, resort, repair, come to, reanimate, embolden, liven, revive, revivify, whet, doctor, indemnify
Antonyms: non-living, inanimate, nonliving, nonconscious
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Synonyms and Antonyms of animate 
