Synonyms of animating

animating 1 of 2

adjective

as in quickening

Related Words

• quickening
• exhilarating
• strengthening
• conditioning
• curing
• rectifying
• therapeutic
• curative
• remedial
• medicinal
• rehabilitative
• reformatory
• corrective
• reformative
• reparative
• sharp
• reviving
• beneficial
• remedying
• recuperative
• exhilarative
• healthful
• salutary
• wholesome
• stimulating
• helpful
• life-giving
• vitalizing
• healthy
• bracing
• salubrious
• refreshing
• rejuvenating
• vital
• stimulative
• restorative
• tonic
• invigorating
• cordial

Dissimilar Words

• draining
• weakening
• exhausting
• debilitating
• deadening
• numbing
• injurious
• pernicious
• deleterious
• sapping
• enervating
• wearying
• enfeebling
• noxious
• unwholesome
• unhealthy
• unhealthful
• insalubrious

animating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of animate

as in stimulating

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

• stimulating
• stirring
• arousing
• energizing
• activating
• enlivening
• provoking
• vivifying
• awakening
• vitalizing
• invigorating
• driving
• reviving
• quickening
• electrifying
• firing
• recreating
• exciting
• lifting
• cheering
• bracing
• motivating
• inspiring
• spiking
• triggering
• propelling
• strengthening
• jump-starting
• moving
• raising
• awaking
• zipping (up)
• charging
• sparking
• filliping
• rallying
• rousing
• boosting
• jazzing (up)
• juicing up
• resurrecting
• pepping (up)
• actuating
• gingering (up)
• motiving
• livening (up)
• amping (up)
• galvanizing
• renewing
• waking (up)
• impelling
• infusing
• fomenting
• fermenting
• inciting
• refreshing
• regenerating
• kindling
• buoying
• instigating
• inflaming
• setting off
• revitalizing
• resuscitating
• reactivating
• fortifying
• reinvigorating
• reanimating
• reawakening
• rekindling
• enkindling
• whipping (up)
• turning on
• recharging
• rejuvenating
• abetting
• steeling
• emboldening
• reenergizing
• restimulating
• reawaking
• heartening
• refreshening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• killing
• undermining
• wearing
• damping
• dampening
• draining
• deadening
• harassing
• dulling
• sapping
• exhausting
• weakening
• checking
• enervating
• burning out
• wearing out
• wearying
• knocking out
• slowing
• restraining
• debilitating
• suppressing
• doing in
• washing out
• inhibiting
• curbing
• fatiguing
• quenching
• repressing
• stunting
• enfeebling
• stilling
• quelling
• discouraging
• kayoing
• fagging
• demoralizing
• tuckering (out)
• daunting
• jading
• disheartening
• dispiriting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of animating

Verb

But Mamdani’s animating political philosophy is to use government to solve everyday problems in people’s lives. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

Original Force is animating the series on behalf of Tencent Video. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

The standout of the group was Ningning, who executed the dance on a high level while animating her face. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026

Add in the race and religion factors animating the race, and Tuesday’s primary in Michigan could lay bare which litmus tests are likely to shape the 2028 presidential contest. — Philip Elliott, Time, 3 Aug. 2026

One of its animating tensions is a clash between old traditions and beliefs and recent encroachments, including Christianity. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026

The fresh wind of pragmatism animating the Bancarella Prize—a book fair that exposed and celebrated the consumerist dimension of the book as object—pushed the boundaries of the publishing industry beyond the niches of its traditional readership. — Literary Hub, 22 July 2026

For Gilead Sciences, that disconnect between what science can do and what culture actually believes, has become the animating challenge of its corporate responsibility work. — Ashley Lan, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026

The issue of return-to-office was so animating to many state workers that the group of anonymous employees was able to raise $9,000 and put up the billboard in less than three weeks, all through the subreddit. — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026