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Synonyms for liven up

  • verb

Most common

liven enliven invigorate cheer up gladden

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Jazz up — to improve a person's mood by making them more energetic

jazz up informal, animate, liven, enliven, invigorate, perk up, exhilarate

2. Cheer up — to become more happy, energetic or positive

happy, cheer up, gladden, blithen

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To improve a person's mood by making them more energetic.

    Darren looks down at the moment; let's try to liven him up.

  2. v. 2

    To become more happy, energetic or positive.

    The party livened up after they brought out the cake.

Example sentences

  • liven We've got to liven things up here!
  • enliven I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.

By length

5 letters
happy2, liven2
7 letters
animate3, enliven3, gladden2, blithen
10 letters
invigorate4, exhilarate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (happy2 = 2 syllables).