Home › Words › A › animatenessanimatenessanimateness means the state or condition of being animate.EtymologyFrom animate + -ness.nounThe state or condition of being animate.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.animatedness 85% match — The quality of being animated. vs animateness →animacy 83% match — The state of being animate (alive or supernaturally seeming alive). vs animateness →animatory 82% match — Relating to the condition of being animate or alive. vs animateness →inanimateness 76% match — The property of being inanimate. vs animateness →animation 75% match — The act of animating, or giving life or spirit. vs animateness →inanimacy 73% match — The state of being without life or spirit. vs animateness →animative 73% match — Tending to animate; causing animation. vs animateness →animately 72% match — In an animate manner. vs animateness →