Synonyms of animating

animating 1 of 2

adjective

as in quickening

Synonyms & Similar 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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