animated as an adjective: - 1
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animated
adjective
1 animated
Having life or vigor or spirit:
— An animated and expressive face.
— Animated conversation.
— Became very animated when he heard the good news.
synonym: alive.
Roget 359:
living,
alive;
in life,
in the flesh,
in the land of the living;
on this side of the grave,
above ground,
breathing,
quick,
animated;
animative†;
lively
etc.
(active)
682;
all alive and kicking;
tenacious of life;
full of life,
yeasty.
vital,
vitalic†;
vivifying,
vivified,
etc.
v.;
viable,
zoetic†;
Promethean.
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Roget 682:
active,
brisk,
brisk as a lark,
brisk as a bee;
lively,
animated,
vivacious;
alive,
alive and kicking;
frisky,
spirited,
stirring.
nimble,
nimble as a squirrel;
agile;
light-footed,
nimble-footed;
featly†,
tripping.
quick,
prompt,
yare†,
instant,
ready,
alert,
spry,
sharp,
smart;
fast
etc.
(swift)
274;
quick as a lamplighter,
expeditious;
awake,
broad awake;
go-ahead,
live wide-awake [U.S.]
etc.
(intelligent)
498.
forward,
eager,
strenuous,
zealous,
enterprising,
in earnest;
resolute
etc.
604.
industrious,
assiduous,
diligent,
sedulous,
notable,
painstaking;
intent
etc.
(attention)
457;
indefatigable
etc.
(persevering)
604.1;
unwearied;
unsleeping†,
never tired;
plodding,
hard-working
etc.
686;
businesslike,
workaday.
bustling;
restless,
restless as a hyena;
fussy,
fidgety,
pottering;
busy,
busy as hen with one chicken.
working,
at work,
on duty,
in harness;
up in arms;
on one's legs,
at call;
up and doing,
up and stirring.
busy,
occupied;
hard at work,
hard at it;
up to one's ears in,
full of business,
busy as a bee,
busy as a one-armed paperhanger.
meddling
etc.
v.;
meddlesome,
pushing,
officious,
overofficious†,
intrigant†.
astir,
stirring;
agoing†,
afoot;
on foot;
in full swing;
eventful;
on the alert,
etc.
(vigilant)
459.
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Roget 836:
cheerful;
happy
etc.
827;
cheery,
cheerly†;
of good cheer,
smiling;
blithe;
in spirits,
in good spirits;
breezy,
bully,
chipper [U.S.];
in high spirits,
in high feather;
happy as the day is long,
happy as a king;
gay as a lark;
allegro;
debonair;
light,
lightsome,
light hearted;
buoyant,
debonnaire,
bright,
free and easy,
airy;
janty†,
jaunty,
canty†;
hedonic†;
riant†;
sprightly,
sprightful†;
spry;
spirited,
spiritful†;
lively,
animated,
vivacious;
brisk as a bee;
sparkling,
sportive;
full of play,
full of spirit;
all alive.
sunny,
palmy;
hopeful
etc.
858.
merry as a cricket,
merry as a grig†,
merry as a marriage bell;
joyful,
joyous,
jocund,
jovial;
jolly as a thrush,
jolly as a sandboy†;
blithesome;
gleeful,
gleesome†;
hilarious,
rattling.
winsome,
bonny,
hearty,
buxom.
playful,
playsome†;
folatre [Fr.],
playful as a kitten,
tricksy†,
frisky,
frolicsome;
gamesome;
jocose,
jocular,
waggish;
mirth loving,
laughter-loving;
mirthful,
rollicking.
elate,
elated;
exulting,
jubilant,
flushed;
rejoicing
etc.
838;
cock-a-hoop.
cheering,
inspiriting,
exhilarating;
cardiac,
cardiacal†;
pleasing
etc.
829;
palmy.
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2 animated
Made to appear to move as living creatures do.
Polish: animowany
Moby thesaurus: aboveground, activated, active, activist, activistic, actuated, acute, aggressive, alert, alive, alive and kicking, all agog, among the living, animate, antic, anxious, ardent, automated, avid, bouncing, bouncy, breathing, breathless, breezy, brisk, bubbly, bursting to, cant, capable of life, capersome, chipper, coltish, conscious, desirous, dynamic, eager, ebullient, effervescent, endowed with life, energetic, energized, enlivened, enterprising, enthusiastic, excited, exhilarated, existent, exuberant, fervent, forceful, forcible, forward, frisky, frolicsome, full of beans, full of go, full of life, full of pep, gamesome, gay, go-go, hearty, high-spirited, impassioned, impatient, impelled, impetuous, in the flesh, incisive, inclined, inner-directed, inspirited, instinct with life, intense, invigorated, keen, kinetic, lifelike, live, lively, living, long-lived, lusty, mechanical, mercurial, mettlesome, militant, minded, motivated, moved, moving, other-directed, panting, passionate, peppy, perky, pert, playful, prompt, prompted, quick, quicksilver, raring to, ready, ready and willing, reanimated, recharged, recreated, refreshed, renewed, revived, robust, rollicking, rollicksome, rompish, skittish, smacking, snappy, spanking, spirited, sportive, sprightly, spry, stimulated, strenuous, strong, take-charge, take-over, tenacious of life, trenchant, very much alive, viable, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vivacious, vivid, vivified, zestful, zesty, zingy, zippy, zoetic ... show more.
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