Synonyms for revive
rɪˈvaɪvre·vive

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1. revive

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

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

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1. revive

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

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

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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

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

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1. raise from the dead

   to restore to life or consciousness.

   we revived him with artificial respiration.

   Submitted by JP03 on July 26, 2015  

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1. reviveverb

   Synonyms:
   resuscitate, reanimate, revivify, bring to life again

2. reviveverb

   Synonyms:
   rouse, quicken, animate, refresh, renovate, reinspire, invigorate, cheer, comfort

3. reviveverb

   Synonyms:
   be resuscitated or reanimated, return to life, recover life, live again

4. reviveverb

   Synonyms:
   be invigorated, refreshed, or roused; recover strength

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1. reviveverb

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "revive":

   revitalize, revitalise, reactivate, relaunch, reinvigorate, rekindle, resuscitate, resurrect, reviving, re-launch, relive, re-energize, resume, reignite, restart, revival, reanimate, revitalizing, re-activate, alive, revives, restore, jump-start, kick-start, boost, reenable, yahya, invigorate, yehya

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1. 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.

2. Candace Cameron Bure Cameron:

   Together we are going to talk about how to revive our hearts, how to revive our homes, our churches and the nation, so if we have political concerns, if we have family concerns, if we have national concerns, the best place to talk about them is in the family. When the family gets together and the spirit of God is moving, we are unstoppable as a force of good. And asking for heavens help and wisdom up above is what we need to be doing now more than ever so ‘ Revive Us ’ is for the whole family.

3. Betsy Brantner Smith:

   After the worst week politically in his presidential career, it appears that Joe Biden plans to pivot to ‘police reform’ to prop up his faltering reputation and revive his popularity with‘anti-police’ activists.

4. Balwant Deshmukh:

   We will revive the case if we get new clues, but as of now it's in cold storage.

5. John Tiedeman:

   He’s clearly, to me, culling for size, but let’s give him the benefit of the doubt. Let’s say it’s not dead. You then need to revive those fish.