Antonyms for revive
rɪˈvaɪvre·vive

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. revive

   Antonyms:
   abate, decline, decrease, diminish, ebb, lessen, lower, mitigate, moderate, reduce, subside

   Synonyms:
   aggravate, amplify, continue, develop, enhance, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, magnify, rage, raise

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. revive

   Antonyms:
   extinguish, kill, depress, exhaust, discourage, droop, fade, wither, decline, die

   Synonyms:
   reanimate, revivify, resucitate, refresh, reassure, recover, awake, live

Matched Categories

1. • Boom
   • Bring To
   • Change State
   • Stimulate

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.7 / 7 votes

1. resuscitate, reviveverb

   cause to regain consciousness

   "The doctors revived the comatose man"

   Synonyms:
   repair, animate, recreate, resuscitate, vivify, renovate, resurrect, quicken, come to, reanimate, revivify

2. animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivifyverb

   give new life or energy to

   "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"

   Synonyms:
   speed up, furbish up, resuscitate, restitute, compensate, animate, remediate, quicken, fix, amend, enliven, mend, cheer, vivify, animize, accelerate, refurbish, liven up, renovate, bushel, invigorate, speed, inspire, exalt, resurrect, play, hearten, restore, freshen up, rectify, touch on, recompense, recreate, animise, remedy, resort, repair, come to, reanimate, embolden, liven, revivify, whet, doctor, indemnify

3. reviveverb

   be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength

   "Interest in ESP revived"

   Synonyms:
   repair, animate, recreate, resuscitate, vivify, renovate, resurrect, quicken, come to, reanimate, revivify

4. revive, resurrectverb

   restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state

   "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"

   Synonyms:
   repair, rise, uprise, animate, recreate, resuscitate, raise, vivify, upraise, renovate, resurrect, quicken, come to, reanimate, revivify

5. come to, revive, resuscitateverb

   return to consciousness

   "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"

   Synonyms:
   recreate, resurrect, touch, quicken, reanimate, revivify, have-to doe with, touch on, vivify, come to, relate, refer, hit, strike, animate, pertain, repair, bear on, renovate, resuscitate, concern

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. reviveverb

   Synonyms:
   resuscitate, reanimate, quicken, revivify, reinspirit, revitalize, restore, reinspire, rally

How to use revive in a sentence?

1. Colin Shelley:

   I presume it went into receivership because the partners can't work together to put in money to revive it.

2. Robeen Qassem:

   We hope it becomes permanent so we can make up for the losses caused by the Israeli blockade and wars, farmers are struggling to live and the resumption of exports could revive their business. It is a good step.

3. Somasekhar Vemuri:

   They have used the fiscal space to push their spending on building road infrastructure, whether this is enough to revive animal spirits, we'll have to wait and watch.

4. Shehbaz Sharif:

   The economic challenges are huge and we need to make a way out of these troubles. We will have to shed sweat and blood to revive the economy.

5. Chris Williamson:

   Business investment needs to revive for the upturn to be truly sustainable, at the moment, the growth outlook appears to be largely reliant on households benefiting from falling prices and higher wages, the latter being far from guaranteed.

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