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

Its supporters say its success is proof that while Republicans may be out of favor in a blue Colorado, their animating ideas still have purchase. — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026

HaMo Real-Time Animation System (Spain) HaMo Animation is building patented hardware and software for animating digital characters live, combining the responsiveness of traditional puppetry with real-time virtual production. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

Countless hours since last December were spent writing scripts, doing voices, writing and composing pieces of original music, editing, and, of course, animating. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

In both cases, the animating force is not social conservatism alone but hostility toward immigrants, and toward Muslims in particular. — Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

This is the animating question of How to Touch Grass, a new podcast series by my colleagues here at The Atlantic. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026

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

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

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