Scrabble & Words with friends points
- animates is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
- animates is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
- animates is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12
Definition of animates
- give lifelike qualities to (verb)
Examples
- animated cartoons
Synonyms
- animise
- animize
- heighten or intensify (verb)
Synonyms
- enliven
- exalt
- inspire
- invigorate
- make lively (verb)
Synonyms
- enliven
- invigorate
- liven
- liven up
- give new life or energy to (verb)
Synonyms
- quicken
- reanimate
- recreate
- renovate
- repair
- revive
- revivify
- vivify
- endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness (adjective)
Synonyms
- sentient
- belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings (adjective)
Examples
- the word `dog' is animate
- endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life (adjective)
Examples
- we are animate beings
See definition of animates in Merriam Webster