animate

VERBADJECTIVE /ænəmət/
7 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A

animate is a valid 7-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1N1I1M3A1T1E1
1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING

What does animate mean?

VERB · 4 SENSES
1

Give lifelike qualities to.

“animated cartoons”

SYNONYMS
ANIMISEANIMIZE
BROADER
ALTERCHANGEMODIFY
RELATED
ANIMATOR
2

Heighten or intensify.

SYNONYMS
ENLIVENEXALTINSPIREINVIGORATE
BROADER
STIMULATEEXCITESTIRSHAKESHAKE UP
NARROWER
ENCOURAGE
3

Make lively.

SYNONYMS
ENLIVENINVIGORATELIVENLIVEN UP
BROADER
AROUSEBRACEENERGISEENERGIZEPERK UPSTIMULATE
NARROWER
SPIRITSPIRIT UPJUICE UPGINGER UPJAZZ UPINSPIRITPEP UP
RELATED
ANIMATOR
4

Give new life or energy to.

SYNONYMS
QUICKENREANIMATERECREATERENOVATEREPAIRREVIVEREVIVIFYVIVIFY
BROADER
BRACEPERK UPAROUSEENERGISEENERGIZESTIMULATE
ADJECTIVE · 3 SENSES
1

Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness.

SYNONYMS
SENTIENT
SIMILAR
SENSATE
RELATED
ANIMATENESS
2

Belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings.

“the word `dog' is animate”

ANTONYMS
INANIMATE
3

Endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life.

“we are animate beings”

ANTONYMS
INANIMATE
RELATED
ANIMATENESS
AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of animate

SAME TILES, DIFFERENT WORDS
AMINATE9AMENTIA9

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