Her face was animated by joy.
Source: tatoeba (20686)
Animated
//ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ.tɪd//
Synonyms for "animated" (185 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (56)
Related words (92)
inclinedinner directedinner-directedinspiritedinstinct with lifeintenseinvigoratedjollykeenkineticlifelikelivelivinglong livedlong-livedlustymechanicalmercurialmerrymettlesome
Show 63 more words
militantmindedmobilemotivatedmovedother directedother-directedpantingpassionatepeppyperkypertplayfulpromptpromptedquickquicksilverracyraring toreadyready and willingrechargedrecreatedrefreshedrenewedrevivedrobustrollickingrollicksomerompishrousingsanguineskittishsmackingsmartsnappyspankingspiritedsportivesprightlysprystimulatedstrenuousstrongswingtake chargetake-chargetake-overtenacious of lifetrenchantvery much aliveviablevibrantvigorousvitalvivaciousvividvivifiedzestfulzestyzingyzippyzoetic
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Antonyms
1 entriesderived
8 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
11 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 16 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- շնչավոր adj (endowed with life)
Catalan
1 entries- animat adj (endowed with life)
Czech
1 entries- živý adj (endowed with life)
Finnish
2 entries- elävä adj (endowed with life)
- henkevä adj (endowed with life)
French
1 entries- animé adj (endowed with life)
Galician
1 entries- animado adj (endowed with life)
German
1 entries- lebhaft adj (endowed with life)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ehuehu adj (endowed with life)
Irish
1 entries- ceolmhar adj (endowed with life)
Korean
1 entries- 활발하다 adj (endowed with life)
Māori
1 entries- hauoraora adj (endowed with life)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دینج adj (endowed with life)
Russian
1 entries- оживлённый adj (endowed with life)
Spanish
3 entries- animado adj (endowed with life)
- vivaz adj (endowed with life)
- vivo adj (endowed with life)
Swedish
2 entries- animerad adj (endowed with life)
- livlig adj (endowed with life)
Ukrainian
2 entries- жва́вий adj (endowed with life)
- пожва́влений adj (endowed with life)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The students were animated by the agitator's appeal.
Source: tatoeba (21323)
The success animated him with hope.
Source: tatoeba (45961)
A man who is absorbed in his work looks animated.
Source: tatoeba (245343)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.