Synonyms for reviver


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-vahyv
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈvaɪv

Top 10 synonyms for reviver Other synonyms for the word reviver

Définition of reviver

Origin :
  • early 15c., "return to consciousness; restore to health," from Middle French revivre (10c.), from Latin revivere "to live again," from re- "again" (see re-) + vivere "to live" (see vital). Meaning "bring back to notice or fashion" is from mid-15c. Related: Revived; reviving.
  • As in pick-me-up : noun stimulant
  • As in stimulant : noun substance that invigorates
  • As in bracer : noun tonic
Example sentences :
  • Cimabue, the reviver of painting, received instruction from the Greeks.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • On the contrary, tea is to me a wonderful refresher and reviver.
  • Extract from : « Tea and Tea Drinking » by Arthur Reade
  • He is notable as the restorer of Babu and the reviver of its culture.
  • Extract from : « Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria » by Lewis Spence
  • It was so in this case; the transient dignity of the unhappy man decreased, in exact proportion as the ‘reviver’ wore off.
  • Extract from : « Sketches by Boz » by Charles Dickens
  • Judging by the fat bottles all down the dinner table of this hotel, that reviver of mankind is cheaper here than water.
  • Extract from : « Winged Wheels in France » by Michael Myers Shoemaker
  • Tamerlane (Timur the Tartar), reviver of the great Mongol empire, inaugurates his conquests.
  • Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 » by Various
  • But the truth is that Beddoes was not a 'creeper into worm-holes,' he was not even a 'reviver'; he was a reincarnation.
  • Extract from : « Books and Characters » by Lytton Strachey
  • Here reposes the great organist—the reviver of the old Danish romances.
  • Extract from : « The Sand-Hills of Jutland » by Hans Christian Andersen
  • Thomas Rickman, the reviver and historian of Gothic architecture, practised as an architect in Birmingham.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 » by Various
  • It is a striking coincidence, that the same fate was shared by the French reviver; both alike sad examples of disturbed times!
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Isaac Disraeli

Antonyms for reviver

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