Synonyms of the word

animate

• adj. That which lives.
• adj. Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
• adj. Dynamic, energetic.
• adj. (grammar, of a noun or pronoun) Having a referent that includes a human or animal.
• adj. (grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
• v. (transitive) To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
• v. (transitive) To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

arouse

• v. To stimulate feelings.
• v. To sexually stimulate.
• v. To wake from sleep or stupor.

brace

• n. (obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
• n. (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
• n. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
• n. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
• n. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
• n. A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
• n. The state of being braced or tight; tension.
• n. Harness; warlike preparation.
• n. (typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words…
• n. A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally and then other things, but rarely…
• n. A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces,…
• n. (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally;…
• n. (Britain, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or…
• n. (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
• v. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
• v. (nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient…
• v. To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
• v. To confront with questions, demands or requests.
• v. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
• v. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
• v. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

energise

• v. Alternative form of energize.

energize

• v. To invigorate, to make energetic.
• v. To supply with energy, especially electricity. To turn on power to something.
• v. (obsolete) To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.

enliven

• v. (archaic, transitive) To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.
• v. (transitive) To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.

exalt

• v. (transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem.
• v. (transitive) To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.

excite

• v. (transitive) To stir the emotions of.
• v. (transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
• v. (transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron…
• v. To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.

inspire

• v. (transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural…
• v. (transitive) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what…
• v. (intransitive) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
• v. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
• v. (transitive) To spread rumour indirectly.

invigorate

• v. (transitive) To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.
• v. (transitive) To heighten or intensify.
• v. (transitive) To give life or energy to.
• v. (transitive) To make lively.

liven

• v. (transitive and intransitive) To cause to be more lively.
• v. (obsolete) plural simple present form of live.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

quicken

• v. (transitive, now literary) To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive.
• v. (intransitive, now literary) To come back to life, receive life.
• v. (intransitive) To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited.
• v. (intransitive) Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy…
• v. (transitive) To make quicker; to hasten, speed up.
• v. (intransitive) To become faster.
• v. (shipbuilding) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper.
• n. (now chiefly Northern England) The European rowan, Sorbus aucuparia.

reanimate

• adj. Being animate again.
• v. To animate again.

recreate

• v. (transitive) To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
• v. (reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself.
• v. (intransitive) To take recreation.
• v. To create anew.

renovate

• v. (transitive) To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.
• v. (transitive) To restore to freshness or vigor.

repair

• n. The act of repairing something.
• n. The result of repairing something.
• n. The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
• v. To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
• v. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
• n. The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
• n. A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
• v. To transfer oneself to another place.
• v. to pair again.

revive

• v. (intransitive) To return to life; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
• v. (transitive) To return to life; to cause to recover life or strength; to cause to live anew;.
• v. (transitive) To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression.
• v. (transitive) To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.
• v. (transitive) To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a…
• v. (transitive) Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.
• v. To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.
• v. (intransitive) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.
• v. (transitive) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state.

revivify

• v. To reanimate, bring back to life.
• v. To reinvigorate or revitalize.
• v. (chemistry, now rare) To reactivate (a catalyst, reagent etc.).

sensate

• adj. Perceived by one or more of the senses.
• adj. Having the ability to sense things physically.
• adj. Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.
• v. (transitive) To feel or apprehend by means of the senses; to perceive.

sentient

• adj. Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
• adj. Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
• adj. (chiefly in science fiction) Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.
• n. Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
• n. (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent, self-aware being.

shake

• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
• v. (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate a negative.
• v. (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
• v. (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
• v. (transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
• v. (intransitive) To move from side to side.
• v. (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
• v. (intransitive) To dance.
• v. To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
• n. The act of shaking something.
• n. A milkshake.
• n. A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
• n. Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
• n. (building material) A thin shingle.
• n. A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
• n. A fissure in rock or earth.
• n. A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
• n. (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.).
• n. (nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
• n. (music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff…
• n. A shook of staves and headings.
• n. (Britain, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

stimulate

• v. To encourage into action.
• v. To arouse an organism to functional activity.

stir

• v. (transitive, dated) To change the place of in any manner; to move.
• v. (transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something…
• v. (transitive) To agitate the content of (a container) by passing something through it.
• v. (transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
• v. (transitive) To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.
• v. (intransitive) To move; to change one’s position.
• v. (intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
• v. (intransitive) To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
• v. (intransitive, poetic) To rise, or be up and about, in the morning.
• n. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
• n. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
• n. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
• n. (slang) Jail; prison.

vivify

• v. To bring to life.
• v. To impart vitality.