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Showing words for ANIMATE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Animate

amentia, aminate, anamite, animate, matinae

6 Letter Words for Animate

amaine, amante, amenia, amenta, amiant, anemia, antiae, etamin, inmate, inmeat, manati, matina, taimen, tamein, tamine, teaman, tenaim

5 Letter Words for Animate

amain, amani, amant, amate, amati, ament, amine, anima, anime, anmia, antae, atame, atman, enami, entia, etiam, maine, maint, manat, manei, manet, mania, manie, manit, manta, matai, matie, matin, meant, meint, menat, menta, minae, niata, tamin, tania, teman, temin, tenai, tenia, tinea

4 Letter Words for Animate

aina, aine, aint, amen, amia, amie, amin, amit, anam, anat, anet, anim, anta, ante, anti, atma, emit, enam, etna, iaea, iman, inta, item, maat, maia, main, mana, mane, mani, mant, mata, mate, mean, meat, mein, ment, meta, miae, mian, mien, mine, mint, mite, naam, name, neat, nema, neti, taen, tain, tame, tana, tane, team, tean, tien, time, tine

3 Letter Words for Animate

aam, aia, aim, ain, ait, ama, ame, ami, amt, ana, ane, ant, ate, atm, eam, ean, eat, eta, iaa, int, ita, maa, mae, man, mat, mea, mei, men, met, mia, min, mit, mna, mtn, naa, nae, nam, nat, nea, nei, net, nie, nim, nit, taa, tai, tam, tan, tea, tem, ten, tie, tim, tin

Definitions for Animate

[1] to give life to; make alive: God animated the dust.
[2] to make lively, vivacious, or vigorous; give zest or spirit to: Her presence animated the party.
[3] to fill with courage or boldness; encourage: to animate weary troops.
[4] to move or stir to action; motivate: He was animated by religious zeal.
[5] to give motion to: leaves animated by a breeze.
[6] to render or produce (a story, character, movie, etc.) by using animation: to animate a children's story; to animate the characters in a video game; an animated film.
[7] alive; possessing life: animate creatures.
[8] lively: an animate expression of joy.
[9] of or relating to animal life.
[10] able to move voluntarily.
[11] Linguistics . belonging to a syntactic category or having a semantic feature that is characteristic of words denoting beings regarded as having perception and volition (opposed to inanimate).
[12] to give life to or cause to come alive
[13] to make lively; enliven
[14] to encourage or inspire
[15] to impart motion to; move to action or work
[16] to record on film or video tape so as to give movement to an animated cartoon
[17] being alive or having life
[18] gay, spirited, or lively

Words related to Animate

inspire, energize, enliven, excite, exalt, hearten, living, live, breathing, moving, spirited, animated, alert, activated, activate, move, arouse, vivify, quicken, incite

Words nearby Animate

animalist, animalistic, animality, animalize, animally, animate, animated, animated cartoon, animated oat, animatic, animation

Origin of Animate

1375–1425; late Middle English animat < Latin animātus filled with breath or air, quickened, animated (past participle of animāre ). See anima, -ate1

Other words from Animate

an·i·mate·ly , adverb
an·i·mate·ness , noun
an·i·mat·ing·ly , adverb
in·ter·an·i·mate , verb (used with object), in·ter·an·i·mat·ed, in·ter·an·i·mat·ing.
non·an·i·mate , adjective
non·an·i·mat·ing , adjective
non·an·i·mat·ing·ly , adverb
sem·i·an·i·mate , adjective
un·an·i·mat·ing , adjective
un·an·i·mat·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Animate

C16: from Latin animāre to fill with breath, make alive, from anima breath, spirit

Synonyms for Animate

breathing, live, living, moving, mortal, viable, vital, zoetic