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to invigorate

to invigorate

26 5.5
To give more energy and make someone or something feel lively
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈvɪɡəˌreɪt/
translation icon : revitalizar
  • After a good night's sleep, I felt completely invigorated and ready to tackle the day.
  • invigorate the economy
  • invigorating physical activity
  • newly invigorated

It feels the same force that pushes grass through the cracks on the sidewalk, invigorates and keeps you alive every day.

Examples

  • What's really been invigorating is the passion that Joe Biden brings to freeing data.

  • Open debates could have been intellectually beneficial, generating original ideas and invigorating all who attended.

    Academic text (1996)
  • And I think that seeing this campaign is really going to invigorate a lot of activists in other areas.

  • Basketball strengthens the body and invigorates the mind.

  • I, for one, find them intellectually invigorating.

  • Foreign trade invigorates America.

  • Rosalie knows from firsthand experience how invigorating the process of writing a play can be.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Developments in molecular techniques will keep advancing and invigorating the field of environmental microbiology.

    Academic text (2008)
  • It feels the same force that pushes grass through the cracks on the sidewalk, invigorates and keeps you alive every day.

  • To escape stagnancy, staleness, or burnout, we need the stimuli of new and invigorating points of view.

    Academic text (2000)

Synonyms

to inspire
vsto invigorate
837 3.2

Cause someone to feel excited and ready to act

focuses more on physical strength and refreshment than inspiration
to stimulate
vsto invigorate
236 3.7

Make a person or thing more active, alert and responsive

focuses more on bodily energy and lasting vitality than mental alertness
to liven up
vsto invigorate
  • Informal
66 3.9

To make or become more active and interesting

describes boosting general vitality rather than only becoming livelier
to energize
vsto invigorate
  • US
65 3.7

To make someone feel more active and alert

focuses more on restoring overall vitality and strength
to excite
vsto invigorate
64 2.7

To make something more active, alert or interested

adds bodily energy and steady vigor rather than only arousal
to refresh
vsto invigorate
50 2.8

Make someone or something feel full of energy and less tired

gives strength and vitality more than simple tiredness relief
to revitalize
vsto invigorate
  • US
45 4.8

To give new life and energy to something

adds energy and liveliness rather than broad structural renewal
to animate
vsto invigorate
25 4.0

To make a group or event more lively and energetic

adds bodily energy and sustained strength rather than vividness
to rejuvenate
vsto invigorate
24 5.5

Make a person or thing look and feel younger

gives energy and vitality without implying younger appearance
to reinvigorate
vsto invigorate
19 5.7

To give new energy and interest to a person or thing

gives energy and vitality but not always a full renewal
to perk up
vsto invigorate
  • Informal
16 3.1

Become more lively and cheerful after feeling tired or sad

gives lasting strength and vitality rather than a quick lift
to rouse
vsto invigorate
16 5.1

To make people feel strong emotion and want to act

gives steady strength and refreshed energy rather than intense excitement
to electrify
vsto invigorate
14 4.1

To make people feel very excited and want to act

gives a calmer, longer lasting sense of energy and strength
to arouse
vsto invigorate
9 3.5

Make someone wake up or feel more energetic

provides ongoing vitality and strength beyond mere alertness
to enliven
vsto invigorate
6 4.1

Make something more active and interesting

adds energy and vitality rather than only improved mood
to give life to
vsto invigorate
5 4.1

To make a place or event feel lively and energetic

gives bodily strength and lasting vitality rather than only liveliness
to liven
vsto invigorate
4 3.6

To make something more exciting or interesting

focuses on giving energy and strength rather than just interest
to pep
vsto invigorate
  • Informal
4 4.9

To make someone or something more lively

creates broader vitality and stamina rather than a brief boost
to reenergize
vsto invigorate
  • US
3 4.1

To give new energy and enthusiasm to a person or thing

gives energy and refreshment without stressing full restoration
to pep up
vsto invigorate
  • Informal
3 4.1

Make someone or something more lively and interesting

adds deeper energy and physical strength rather than only pep
to quicken
vsto invigorate
2 5.4

To make a person or thing more lively

adds general energy rather than specifically increasing speed
to revivify
vsto invigorate
  • Formal
1 8.5

To give new life and energy to people or things

provides energy more generally rather than recovery from decline
to vitalize
vsto invigorate
  • US
1 6.7

To make something full of life and energy

emphasizes adding physical strength rather than general liveliness
to get (one's) juices flowing
vsto invigorate
  • Informal
1 7.9

To feel more energetic and creative and ready to work or think

provides lasting vitality and strength rather than just creative spark
to vivify
vsto invigorate
  • Formal
1 8.2

To make something more lively or bright

adds bodily energy or strength rather than vivid detail
to inspirited
vsto invigorate
  • Archaic
7.4

To make someone feel brave and excited

adds physical energy and vitality rather than primarily emotion
to juice up
vsto invigorate
  • Informal
6.7

Make an event like a party more lively and exciting

gives measured energy and strength rather than a colloquial lift

Antonyms

305 2.8

To make people and things less strong or effective

11 4.6

To make someone very tired by hard work or long effort

How Energizing

to revive
71 4.1
to rejuvenate
24 5.5
to invigorate
26 5.5
to energize
  • US
65 3.7
to enliven
6 4.1
to refresh
50 2.8

Surface Forms

invigorate infinitive
invigorated past participle
invigorating present participle
invigorates third person singular

Morphology

invigorate = invigor (semi-transparent) = in + vigor + ate

The suffix '-ate' is common in English, but the transformation from 'invigor' to 'invigorate' involves a semantic shift that may not be immediately obvious to learners.

Etymology

Invigorate comes from the parts in- meaning 'into' and vigor meaning 'strength' or 'life'. So to invigorate someone or something is to put 'strength' or new energy into it, making it feel lively and refreshed.