Synonyms for ANIMATION
ˌæn əˈmeɪ ʃənan·i·ma·tion

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1. animationnoun

   Synonyms:
   spirit, vivacity, buoyancy, ardor, promptitude, earnestness, sprightliness, airiness, liveliness, enthusiasm, vitalize, breath, into, life, energy

2. animationnoun

   The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.

   Synonyms:
   earnestness, life, promptitude, buoyancy, vivacity, ardor, sprightliness, vitalize, airiness, into, spirit, energy, enthusiasm, liveliness, breath

3. animationnoun

   The technique of making inanimate objects or drawings appear to move in motion pictures or computer graphics.

   Synonyms:
   ardor, buoyancy, vivacity, breath, spirit, liveliness, earnestness, life, energy, vitalize, enthusiasm, into, sprightliness, promptitude, airiness

4. animationnoun

   The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness

   He recited the story with great animation.

   Synonyms:
   vivacity, buoyancy, earnestness, enthusiasm, vitalize, spirit, into, liveliness, ardor, breath, promptitude, life, sprightliness, energy, airiness

5. animationnoun

   The condition of being animate or alive.

   Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation. --Landor.

   Synonyms:
   earnestness, into, vitalize, airiness, enthusiasm, energy, life, liveliness, sprightliness, promptitude, vivacity, spirit, ardor, breath, buoyancy

6. animationnoun

   conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category

   Synonyms:
   spirit, vivacity, energy, vitalize, life, breath, into, earnestness, buoyancy, sprightliness, airiness, enthusiasm, ardor, promptitude, liveliness

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1. animation

   Synonyms:
   acuteness, alertness, brilliancy, cleverness, intelligence, keenness, quickness, readiness, sagacity, sense, sensibility

   Antonyms:
   apathy, dulness, insensibility, obtuseness, slowness, sluggishness, stupefaction, stupidity, stupor

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1. animation

   Synonyms:
   life, vivacity, liveliness, airlines, cheerfulness, briskness, alacrity, buoyancy, spirit, exhilaration, sprightliness, promptitude, alertness, activity

   Antonyms:
   expiration, spiritlessness, dulness, dolefulness, deadness, stolidity, inertness

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1. animation, life, living, alivenessnoun

   the condition of living or the state of being alive

   "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"

   Synonyms:
   brio, liveliness, animateness, animation, life-time, keep, support, life, bread and butter, vivification, sprightliness, lifespan, spirit, life sentence, invigoration, sustenance, life history, liveness, spiritedness, aliveness, living, lifetime, biography, vitality, livelihood, life story

2. animation, vitalitynoun

   the property of being able to survive and grow

   "the vitality of a seed"

   Synonyms:
   animation, verve, energy, spiritedness, vivification, elan vital, brio, vitality, life, life force, vital force, liveliness, living, invigoration, aliveness, vim

3. animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivificationnoun

   quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

   Synonyms:
   spiritedness, vivification, brio, vitality, life, liveliness, living, invigoration, aliveness, animation

4. vivification, invigoration, animationnoun

   the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something

   Synonyms:
   spiritedness, vivification, brio, vitality, life, liveliness, living, invigoration, aliveness, animation

5. animationnoun

   the making of animated cartoons

   Synonyms:
   spiritedness, vivification, brio, vitality, life, liveliness, living, invigoration, aliveness

6. liveliness, animationnoun

   general activity and motion

   Synonyms:
   sprightliness, spiritedness, vivification, brio, vitality, life, spirit, liveliness, living, invigoration, aliveness, animation

Matched Categories

1. • Activeness
   • Activity
   • Animateness
   • Being
   • Energizing
   • Filming

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1. goanimate

   vyond (formerly known as go!animate and goanimate) is a cloud-based, animated video creation platform owned by goanimate, inc.

   vyond is animation, so we animate you to make animation.

   Submitted by anonymous on May 20, 2020  

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1. animationnoun

   Synonyms:
   life, existence, vitality, breath, vital power, vital spark, breath of life

2. animationnoun

   Synonyms:
   liveliness, spirit, spiritedness, vivacity, sprightliness, buoyancy, elasticity, airiness, vigor, ardor, force, strength, energy, exhilaration, cheerfulness, gayety, cheer, animal spirits, high spirits, good spirits

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1. animationnoun

   Synonyms:
   vitalization, spiritedness, vivacity, life, gayety, buoyancy

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1. List of paraphrases for "animation":

   'animation, animated, facilitation, animations, cartoon

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1. Don Hall:

   One upon a time there was a freckle-faced little boy who told his mom and his dad he was going to work at Walt Disney Animation and they did something amazing. They supported him, big Hero 6.

2. Huayi Brothers:

   The establishment of an animation company signifies that the company will enter the animated movie industry with world class production skills.

3. Paul Dergarabedian:

   It turned cartoons into cinematic art, it would forever change the perception of animation as more than just filler to keep kids occupied and distracted.

4. Steve Jobs:

   We believe it's the biggest advance in animation since Walt Disney started it all with the release of Snow White 50 years ago.

5. Pete Docter:

   People are funny -- they are able to project personality onto anything. I remember as a kid I spent a $ 5 bill once and felt so bad because the other $ 5 bill was now going to be lonely without all the other bills I had in my wallet, you just invest these dead things with life and that is our tendency as people. So animation takes advantage of that, grabs on to it, and runs with it.