Synonyms of revivify

revivify

verb

rē-ˈvi-və-ˌfī 

1

as in to restore

to bring back to a former condition or vigor

a new director hoping to revivify the region's oldest repertory company

Synonyms & Similar Words

• restore
• revive
• refresh
• recreate
• renew
• renovate
• replenish
• regenerate
• revitalize
• redevelop
• rejuvenate
• resuscitate
• freshen
• repair
• recharge
• refreshen
• refurbish
• reconstitute
• rehabilitate
• redesign
• reclaim
• overhaul
• remodel
• recondition
• reengineer
• remake
• refill
• modernize
• redo
• rehab
• update
• resupply
• make over

2

as in to revive

to bring back to life, practice, or activity

the new director hopes to revivify interest in the sports programs offered at the youth center

Synonyms & Similar Words

• revive
• resurrect
• renew
• reanimate
• revitalize
• rekindle
• rejuvenate
• resuscitate
• regenerate
• recharge
• restart
• reactivate
• rewake
• rewaken
• jump-start
• kick-start
• reinvent
• refresh
• refreshen

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kill
• suppress
• extinguish
• quench

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of revivify

But Jerzy Skolimowski’s formally radical, emotionally wrenching drama about the travails of a donkey is by far this category’s — and perhaps the year’s — most cinematically revivifying achievement. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023

The oatmeal and aloe combination will work to detangle and revivify dull coats, leaving your furbaby looking his best. — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022

Emergencies remind us that people admire selflessness and enjoy demands on their generosity, and that the community as a whole is revivified by such demands. — Marilynne Robinson, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2020

Few films express as well as this one how an immigrant’s sadness at leaving one’s homeland is countered by the prospect of a revivifying renewal. — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2020