Overview of verb animate

The verb animate has 4 senses

• inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt -- (heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination")


• animize, animise, animate -- (give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons")


• enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate -- (make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit")


• animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify -- (give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health")

Overview of adj animated

The adj animated has 2 senses

• animated, alive -- (having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news")


• animated -- (made to appear to move as living creatures do; "an animated cartoon"; "animated puppets")