animate en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- ăn'ĭmət (UK)
- /ˈæn.ɪ.mət/ (UK)
- ăn'əmət (US)
- /ˈæn.ə.mət/ (US)
Etymology
From Middle English animat(e), from Latin animātus, perfect passive participle of animō (“to fill with breath, quicken, encourage, animate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from anima (“soul, spirit, breath”); see anima. The verb derives from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Meanings
- That lives.
- (of people, qualifier:animals; ghosts; deities; animals; ghosts; deities) That has (or is believed to have) a spirit (anima) and/or some amount of consciousness and sentience, either being alive or supernaturally seeming alive.
- Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
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Dynamic, energetic.
She is an engaging and animate speaker.
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(of a noun or pronoun) having a referent that is considered alive (this generally includes humans, animals and deities, sometimes also plants, spirits, etc.)
Nouns can be singular or plural, and one of two genders, animate or inanimate.
- Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more animate | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most animate | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
stationary · sedentary · sedentary · fallow · lifeless · passive · hibernating · no longer with us · unmoveable · sessile · inert · dull · extinct · expired · good · unmoved · unbusy · whilom · standing by · fixed · inert · latent · idle · sedentary · lifeless · static · languid · dormant · inanimate · cessant · suspended · wasted · asleep · six feet under · at rest · nonactive · inactive · unmovable · blessed · six feet deep · stuck · decomposed · inanimate · rigid · departed · unemployed · lifeless · cadaverous · clay-cold · dull · unactive · low · breathless · stiff · quiescent · sedent · kaput · sedent · static · deceased · impassive · slow · at rest · lifeless · perished · inanimate · still · living impaired · stock-still · no more · static · unalive · torpid · motionless · fey · with God · gone · resting · unmoving · inanimate · torpid · stationary · late · inanimate · quiescent · sessile · defunct · unoccupied · reposing · immovable · cold · abeyant · unalived · killed · inanimate · immobile · silent · at rest · immotile · inert
Deriveds
animatist · subanimate · transitive animate · animately · reanimate · semianimate · interanimate · animateness · non-animate · animatism · inanimate · animacy
Relateds
Synonyms
spry · busy as a bee · animated · industrious · happy · on the wing · perky · alive · driven · vital · vigorous · enthusiastic · extant · nimble · alive · buxom · vagile · airy · buzzing · mobile · vivacious · kinetic · gay · youthful · dynamic · sprunt · in motion · hearty · restive · impetuous · moving · sprightly · zealous · zestful · livesome · brisk · mobile · animate · energetic · lively · lively · diligent · ambulatory · vital · kicking · eager · vivacious · driving · energetic · abuzz · animate · peppy · cursory · animated · living · merry · frisky · on the move · agile · surviving · effervescent · snappy · active · sassy · zippy · living · above ground · vitalic · undeceased · motile · animate · moving · spirited · animate · mobile · still with us · active · genki · motivated · vibrant · astir · motive · motile · alive and well · under sail · live · dynamic · busy · quick · vivid · kinetic · kinetic · dynamic · glowing · movable · alive · afoot · keen · alive and kicking · unstill · lively · expeditious · dynamic · wanton · perky
Translations (82)
fi elollinen (in grammar) · ru живо́й (that which lives) · de lebendig (that which lives) · la ambulans (possessing the quality or ability of motion) · pl żywotny (in grammar) · ca animat (that which lives) · es animado (that which lives) · cs životný (in grammar) · tr aktif (dynamic, energetic) · pl żywy (that which lives) · bg оживе́н (dynamic, energetic) · nl bezield (in grammar) · ca animat (dynamic, energetic) · fi liikkuva (possessing the quality or ability of motion) · bg одушеве́н (that which lives) · tr canlı (dynamic, energetic) · de bewegt (possessing the quality or ability of motion) · fi vireä (dynamic, energetic) · sl živ (in grammar) · cmn 有活力的 (dynamic, energetic) · uk живи́й (that which lives) · es animado (possessing the quality or ability of motion) · grc ἔμψυχος (dynamic, energetic) · ca animat (possessing the quality or ability of motion) · bg жив (that which lives) · ru одушевлённый (in grammar) · tr canlı (in grammar) · ru оживлённый esp. of dicussion (dynamic, energetic) · la animālis (that which lives) · nb levende (that which lives) · bg енерги́чен (dynamic, energetic) · hy շնչավոր (in grammar) · tr diri (that which lives) · ru живо́й (dynamic, energetic) · el ζωντανός (dynamic, energetic) · de lebhaft (dynamic, energetic) · tr canlı (that which lives) · be жывы́ (that which lives) · ru talking etc. (dynamic, energetic) · la animāns (that which lives) · el ζωντανός (that which lives) · non andligr (that which lives) · sv levande (that which lives) · eo animita (possessing the quality or ability of motion) · bg одушеве́н (in grammar) · da levende (that which lives) · ar حَيّ (that which lives) · pt animado (that which lives) · da besjælet (in grammar) · pt animado (dynamic, energetic) · la vīvus (that which lives) · ang cwic (that which lives) · de beseelt (that which lives) · mn амьтай (in grammar) · gl animado (that which lives) · be адушаўлёны (in grammar) · be жывы́ (in grammar) · tr etkin (possessing the quality or ability of motion) · uk істо́та (in grammar) · tr faal (dynamic, energetic) · sq frymor (in grammar) · tr dinamik (dynamic, energetic) · cmn 活的 (that which lives) · el έμψυχος (that which lives) · ar عَاقِل (in grammar) · nn levande (that which lives) · de belebt (in grammar) · ru живо́й (in grammar) · pt animado (possessing the quality or ability of motion) · fi elävä (that which lives) · ru энерги́чный (dynamic, energetic) · cmn 有生命的 (that which lives) · cmn 有生的 (in grammar) · pt animado (in grammar) · uk живи́й (in grammar) · la movens (possessing the quality or ability of motion) · ks زوٗوؠ (in grammar) · fi elollinen (that which lives) · fr animé (in grammar) · sv besjälad (in grammar) · grc ἔμψυχος (that which lives) · fi eloisa (dynamic, energetic)