Synonyms of invigorating

invigorating 1 of 2

adjective

in-ˈvi-gə-ˌrā-tiŋ 

as in refreshing

having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind

an invigorating breeze made our afternoon sail all the more enjoyable

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

invigorating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of invigorate

as in stimulating

to give life, vigor, or spirit to

the fresh air and sunshine invigorated the children after a long winter indoors

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of invigorating

Adjective

The Chanel dinner brings fashion, film and art together in an invigorating way. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026

Ahead, explore 20 green nail ideas for spring that feel fresh and invigorating. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026

Verb

Reading Ascherson’s finest essays today, so many of them on the big European personalities—de Gaulle, Brandt, Thatcher—is still invigorating, even for those of us too young to remember the fall of the Berlin Wall. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026

Oasis Spa embraces that connection to nature with cascading waterfalls, secluded treatment bungalows, hydrotherapy whirlpools, steam rooms, saunas and invigorating hot-and-cold plunge pools. — Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026