Synonyms for enliven
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Inspire — to make more lively, cheerful or interesting
inspire, liven, brighten, animate, cheer, liven up, entertain, amuse, gladden, arouse, spice, delight, cheer up, jazz up informal, exalt, fire up, bright, rejoice, perk up, kindle, exhilarate, re-animate
Definitions
- v. 1
To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.
- v. 2
To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.
Related words
- Word family
- enlivener enlivenment
- Is a kind of
- affect influence
Forms
- Past participle
- enlivened
e.g. enlivened → inspired, livened, brightened, animated…
Example sentences
- cheer He tried to cheer up his wife, but wasn't able to.
- inspire We may give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.
- brighten He was painting the walls to brighten up the room.
- liven We've got to liven things up here!
- encourage You often encourage me to be good and hardworking.
By length
- 4 letters
- fire2, whet1
- 5 letters
- cheer1, spice1, amuse2, rouse1, liven2, exalt2
- 6 letters
- bright1, kindle2, revive2, thrill1, awaken3, excite2, arouse2, vivify
- 7 letters
- inspire2, delight2, refresh2, rejoice2, provoke2, animate3, quicken2, inflame2, gladden2
- 8 letters
- brighten2, energize3, energise, vitalize, inspirit, enkindle, vitalise
- 9 letters
- encourage3, entertain3, stimulate3, electrify4, galvanize3, galvanise
- 10 letters
- invigorate4, exhilarate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire2 = 2 syllables).