Synonyms of animating

animating 1 of 2

adjective

as in quickening

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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