Synonyms of energize

energize

verb

ˈe-nər-ˌjīz 

as in to stimulate

to give life, vigor, or spirit to

a teacher who knows how to energize history lessons with little-known but interesting facts about long-ago people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stimulate
• arouse
• invigorate
• stir
• enliven
• electrify
• vitalize
• awaken
• excite
• inspire
• animate
• provoke
• activate
• vivify
• motivate
• revive
• quicken
• cheer
• drive
• strengthen
• jump-start
• jazz (up)
• propel
• rouse
• lift
• trigger
• spark
• zip (up)
• spike
• recreate
• fire
• awake
• boost
• brace
• raise
• liven (up)
• amp (up)
• motive
• rally
• pep (up)
• charge
• galvanize
• move
• juice up
• refresh
• fillip
• resurrect
• actuate
• ginger (up)
• impel
• wake (up)
• renew
• incite
• reinvigorate
• infuse
• revitalize
• fortify
• rejuvenate
• inflame
• foment
• embolden
• set off
• instigate
• reactivate
• reawaken
• hearten
• buoy
• regenerate
• rekindle
• reenergize
• ferment
• enflame
• whip (up)
• recharge
• kindle
• turn on
• reanimate
• abet
• steel
• resuscitate
• enkindle
• restimulate
• refreshen
• reawake

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kill
• dull
• dampen
• undermine
• deaden
• weaken
• damp
• weary
• drain
• wear
• harass
• debilitate
• exhaust
• inhibit
• restrain
• wear out
• burn out
• knock out
• slow
• suppress
• fatigue
• enfeeble
• sap
• check
• wash out
• curb
• quell
• enervate
• quench
• do in
• repress
• discourage
• still
• stunt
• demoralize
• tucker (out)
• dishearten
• daunt
• fag
• kayo
• dispirit
• jade

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of energize

Most of the speakers were introduced with flickers of hard-rock guitar, as if to reassure (and energize) the majority white crowd. —Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025

This is especially true with the sun in Capricorn energizing your fourth house of home, family and innermost feelings. —Valerie Mesa, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025

The Toronto Maple Leafs’ 4-3 overtime win over the New Jersey Devils was a game that at times felt and looked slow but had an energizing conclusion. —Omar White, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025

Although Ford eventually triumphed narrowly, Reagan demonstrated the political potential of using U.S. control of the canal to signal support for American hegemony in a way that energized and united different factions on the right. —Aaron Coy Moulton / Made By History, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025