ANIMATION

n. 1 spirit, spiritedness, vitality, dash, élan, zest, fervour, verve, liveliness, fire, ardour, ardency, exhilaration, intensity, energy, pep, dynamism, enthusiasm, excitement, vigour, vivacity Johnson was in high spirits, talking with great animation 2 enlivenment, liveliness, energizing, invigoration, enlivening, innervation The scout leader was credited with the animation of the youths in his care