ANIMATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does animator mean? 

• ANIMATOR (noun)
  The noun ANIMATOR has 2 senses:

1. someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people

2. the technician who produces animated cartoons

  Familiarity information: ANIMATOR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANIMATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

animator; energiser; energizer; vitaliser; vitalizer

Hypernyms ("animator" is a kind of...):

actor; doer; worker (a person who acts and gets things done)

Derivation:

animate (make lively)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The technician who produces animated cartoons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("animator" is a kind of...):

technician (someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process)

Derivation:

animate (give lifelike qualities to)