nnoun.attributethe property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant lifeAttributes:animate inanimate non-living nonliving
Synset:aliveness animateness
Antonyms:inanimateness
Derivationally Related Form:livealiveanimate
Hypernyms:physiological property
Inherited Hypernyms:animatenessphysiological propertybodily propertypropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:animationsentiencevitality
Full Hyponyms:animationsentience
vverb.changemake livelySynset:animate enliven invigorate liven liven up
Examples:- let's liven up this room a bit
Antonyms:deaden
Derivationally Related Form:enliveneranimatorinvigoration
Hypernyms:arouse brace energise energize perk up stimulate
Inherited Hypernyms:enlivenstimulateaffectchange
Direct Hyponyms:ginger upinspiritjazz upjuice uppep upspiritspirit up
Full Troponyms:jazz upspirit
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: invigorate, liven up)