to revive

Examples

• All

• Well, when the paramedics revive my aunt Golda, I'll be sure to ask her, okay?

  Analyze That (2002)

• The trainer's still trying to revive him.

  Jerry Maguire (1996)

• Doctors stand by to revive anyone who passes out in the water.

  Academic text (2011)

• Because the ambulance came and revived her and we actually had a really productive conversation when she came back to life, so...

  Bottoms (2023)

• If he has died, he can be revived or he cannot be revived.

  Academic text (1996)

• "The songs were to revive them and tell them, 'You're home,'" Chee says.

  Academic text (2005)

• And as the story is told, Lars pulled out his drum to revive his grandson who had drowned.

  Academic text (1998)

• David was stunned for a second, then revived by the wet slap of the dog's tongue.

  Fiction book (1995)

• DOCTORS ARE WORKING FEVERISHLY TO REVIVE HIM.

  Mad City (1997)

• The doctor performed CPR to revive the patient after he fainted.

Synonyms

R

to resuscitate

vsto revive

43 7.2

To make someone breathe and wake again after they stop breathing

is used more broadly for bringing someone back to alertness after fainting

R

to reanimate

vsto revive

16 7.2

To bring back life and energy to a person or thing

applies to waking a fainted person rather than energizing or restoring objects

B

to bring back to life

vsto revive

9 4.8

To make people and things alive or working again

is limited to making a person regain consciousness after a faint

B

to bring around

vsto revive

2 5.3

To make someone conscious again after fainting or illness

focuses specifically on making someone regain alertness after fainting

Antonyms

C

to collapse

579 3.9

To fall down suddenly, for example when a person faints or a building breaks

F

to faint

151 3.2

Lose consciousness for a short time

How Awake

to resuscitate

43 7.2

to revive

71 4.1

to wake

∞ 1.0

to rouse

28 3.4

to stir

75 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology