English > energize: 2 senses > verb 1, body| Meaning | Cause to be alert and energetic. |
|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
|---|
| Synonyms | stimulate, arouse, brace, energise, perk up |
|---|
| Narrower | animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify | Give new life or energy to |
|---|
| cathect | inject with libidinal energy |
| enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate | make lively / lively |
| invigorate, reinvigorate | Impart vigor, strength, or vitality to |
| Broader | affect | act physically on |
|---|
| Opposite | de-energize, de-energise | deprive of energy |
|---|
| sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise | Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to |
| Spanish | energizar, estimular, excitar, incentivar, suscitar, vigorizarse, vigorizar |
|---|
| Catalan | estimular, excitar, incentivar, suscitar, vigoritzar-se, vigoritzar |
|---|
| Nouns | energizer | someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people |
|---|
| energizing | the activity of causing to have energy and be active |
| energy | forceful exertion |
| energy | enterprising or ambitious drive |
| energy | (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work |
| energy | a healthy capacity for vigorous activity |
