Synonyms of animates

animates

verb

present tense third-person singular of animate

as in stimulates

to give life, vigor, or spirit to

Mr. Clark animates history for his sixth graders by frequently showing up for class dressed like some famous historical figure

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stimulates
• arouses
• enlivens
• stirs
• energizes
• activates
• provokes
• vivifies
• invigorates
• electrifies
• inspires
• awakens
• excites
• vitalizes
• quickens
• motivates
• recreates
• revives
• drives
• propels
• lifts
• cheers
• rouses
• triggers
• fires
• awakes
• spikes
• strengthens
• motives
• sparks
• raises
• jump-starts
• zips (up)
• amps (up)
• moves
• boosts
• livens (up)
• impels
• resurrects
• braces
• actuates
• refreshes
• fillips
• rallies
• renews
• peps (up)
• infuses
• galvanizes
• charges
• jazzes (up)
• gingers (up)
• incites
• inflames
• enflames
• foments
• instigates
• wakes (up)
• juices up
• kindles
• ferments
• fortifies
• heartens
• regenerates
• emboldens
• reanimates
• sets off
• buoys
• resuscitates
• reactivates
• revitalizes
• abets
• reinvigorates
• rejuvenates
• reawakens
• rekindles
• enkindles
• recharges
• turns on
• whips (up)
• reenergizes
• steels
• restimulates
• reawakes
• refreshens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kills
• dampens
• undermines
• wears
• deadens
• dulls
• weakens
• damps
• drains
• harasses
• exhausts
• inhibits
• saps
• slows
• wearies
• enervates
• debilitates
• restrains
• enfeebles
• suppresses
• burns out
• wears out
• knocks out
• represses
• does in
• washes out
• curbs
• checks
• fatigues
• quenches
• discourages
• quells
• stills
• fags
• stunts
• demoralizes
• disheartens
• kayoes
• daunts
• tuckers (out)
• jades
• dispirits

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of animates

The trailer will be available as part of free animation sample project teaming Unreal Engine and Agora Studios to produce free animation sample project, allowing animators to see what other animates are doing. —John Hopewell, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025

This conception of the self animates rational choice theory in the social sciences, with its reliance on the model of the utility-maximizing subject. —Sophia Rosenfeld september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025

Yet what distinguishes Bowles’s work—what animates those strange, angular sentences, with their unexpected rhythms and turns of phrase and rabid energy—isn’t its interest in nonconformity but its obsession with spiritual transformation. —Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025

Beyond the broad concrete steps that traverse the water-friendly (and automatically irrigated) xeriscaped front yard and through the lime-green door that animates the charcoal exterior cladding hides a small courtyard open to the sky, a classic feature in an Eichler home. —Mark David, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2025

Catholic social teaching, which is founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ and built on a commitment to the poor and the strangers among us, guides this work and animates those individuals who financially support it. —William McCarthy, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2025

The film documents & animates Peter’s experiences as well as those of the family in Toronto. —Matthew Carey, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025

This uphill-battle swashbuckling is what animates Shamieh in her dramatic work too, which pretty consistently features norm-breaking women who cause havoc. —Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025

That aspirational pride animates the Ice Age Trail, end to end. —Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 24 Dec. 2024