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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | activate; give more life |
| Synonyms: | actify, activize, animate, arm, build up, electrify, empower, enable, enliven, excite, fortify, goose, innervate, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, juice up, liven up, motivate, pep up, prime, pump up, put zip into, quicken, reinforce, start up, stimulate, strengthen, sustain, switch on, trigger, turn on, vitalize, work up, zap |
| Notes: | energize means to cause to be alert or to invigorate while enervate means to weaken mentally or morally |
| Antonyms: | deactivate, debilitate, sap, tire, weaken, weary |
| Main Entry: | ignite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set on fire |
| Synonyms: | burn, burst into flames, catch fire, enkindle, fire, flare up, inflame, kindle, light, put match to, set alight, set fire to, start up, take fire, touch off |
| Antonyms: | extinguish, put out |
| Main Entry: | turn on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start the operation of |
| Synonyms: | activate, begin, energize, get started, ignite, initiate, introduce, log on, put in gear, put on, set in motion, start up, switch on |
| Antonyms: | close, end, finish, shut down, turn off |
| Main Entry: | vitalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | energize |
| Synonyms: | actify, activize, animate, arm, build up*, electrify, empower, enable, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, goose, innervate, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, juice up, liven up, motivate, pep up, prime*, pump up, put zip into, quicken, reinforce, start up, stimulate, strengthen, sustain, switch on, trigger, turn on, work up, zap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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