animate

To make something move, or make pictures seem to move.

• We can animate this drawing.
• She animated the character using simple software.
• How do you animate a walking figure?

Common phrases: animate a character, animate a model, animate something digitally, animate the leaves

Alive or believed to have a mind or spirit, including things that seem alive through magic.

• The story contains animate trees.
• They believed the statue was animate.
• She treated the river as an animate being.

Similar words: living, sentient

Opposites: inanimate

Common phrases: animate being, animate object, animate creature, animate matter

Full of energy and excitement.

• He was an animate speaker.
• Her animate gestures held the audience’s attention.
• An animate conversation filled the quiet room.

Similar words: lively, energetic, spirited

Opposites: lifeless

Common phrases: animate speaker, animate conversation