say it: AN-uh-may-tid
animated is an adjective meaning "having life or vigor or spirit". It carries 2 recorded senses.
having life or vigor or spirit
“an animated and expressive face”
“animated conversation”
“became very animated when he heard the good news”
made to appear to move as living creatures do
“an animated cartoon”
“animated puppets”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for animated come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.