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Animation

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.

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Activeness 76% connected

The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Being 76% connected

of Be

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Energizing 76% connected

of Energize

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Existence 76% connected

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existe…

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Endurance 76% connected

A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.

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Life 76% connected

The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

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Liveliness 76% connected

The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravit…

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Skin 76% connected

The external membranous integument of an animal.

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Spirit 76% connected

Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

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Sprightliness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.

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Survival 76% connected

A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.

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Alive 74% connected

Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

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Alive 74% connected

Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

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Lively 74% connected

Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

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Lively 74% connected

Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

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Revivify 74% connected

To cause to revive.

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Revivify 74% connected

To cause to revive.

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Alive 66% connected

Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

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Alive 66% connected

Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

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Dead 66% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

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Dead 66% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

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Live 66% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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Live 66% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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Spiritless 66% connected

Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.

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Spiritless 66% connected

Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.

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Synonym 6

Invigoration 92% connected

The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.

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Life 92% connected

The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Liveliness 92% connected

The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravit…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Living 92% connected

of Live

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Vitality 92% connected

The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an e…

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Vivification 92% connected

The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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