animate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
heighten or intensify
These paintings exalt the imagination
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- vivification derivation
- exaltation derivation
Sense 2 adjective
belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
the word `dog' is animate
Related & opposite
- inanimate antonym
- linguistics domain topic
Sense 3 verb
give lifelike qualities to
animated cartoons
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- animator derivation
Sense 4 adjective
endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
we are animate beings
Related & opposite
- nonliving antonym
- animateness attribute
- animateness derivation
Sense 5 verb
make lively
let's liven up this room a bit
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- blunt antonym
- vivification derivation
- vivification derivation
- quickener derivation
- energizer derivation
Sense 6 adjective
endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage
Related & opposite
- insentient antonym
- sentience attribute
- animateness derivation
- sentience derivation
- sensate similar to
Sense 7 verb
give new life or energy to
A hot soup will revive me
Types & categories
- energize hypernym
Related & opposite
- refreshment derivation
- revival derivation
- vivification derivation
- quickener derivation
- resuscitate verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vivification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | exaltation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | stimulate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | encourage |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | inanimate |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | linguistics |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | animator |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonliving |
| 4 | attribute | Related & opposite | animateness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | animateness |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | blunt |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | vivification |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | vivification |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | quickener |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | energizer |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | energize |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | jazz up |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | spirit |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | insentient |
| 6 | attribute | Related & opposite | sentience |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | animateness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sentience |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | sensate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | refreshment |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | revival |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | vivification |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | quickener |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | resuscitate |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | energize |