vigor

(vĭg'ər)
n.

1. Physical or mental strength, energy, or force.
2. The capacity for natural growth and survival, as of plants or animals.
3. Strong feeling; enthusiasm or intensity.
4. Legal effectiveness or validity.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from vigēre, to be lively.]

SYNONYMS   vigor, dash, punch, verve, vim, vitality. These nouns denote a quality of spirited force or energy: intellectual vigor; played the piano with dash; an editorial with real punch; painted with verve; arguing with his usual vim; a decreased mental vitality.

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noun

1. A lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner: animation, bounce, brio, dash, élan, esprit, life, liveliness, pertness, sparkle, spirit, verve, vim, vivaciousness, vivacity, zip. Informal ginger, pep, peppiness. Slang oomph. See action/inaction.
2. A quality of active mental and physical forcefulness: dash, punch, starch, verve, vigorousness, vim, vitality. Informal snap. Idioms: vim and vigor. See action/inaction, tired/fresh.

n

Definition: power, energy
Antonyms: enervation, idleness, inactivity, lethargy, weakness

Strong healthy growth and the ability to withstand stress.

IN BRIEF: Energy of the mind or body. Also: Active force.

Vigor is contagious, and whatever makes us either think or feel strongly ads to our power and enlarges our field of action. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).

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Common misspelling(s) of vigor

• vigeur

Dansk (Danish)
n. - energi, kraft

Nederlands (Dutch)
kracht, energie, gezonde groei/conditie, legale status

Français (French)
n. - force, vigueur, énergie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kraft, Energie, Heftigkeit, Nachdruck

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ακμή, σφρίγος, σθένος, ρώμη, ενεργητικότητα

Italiano (Italian)
vigore, energia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vigor (m)

Русский (Russian)
решительность, сила, энергичность

Español (Spanish)
n. - vigor, energía, pujanza

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kraft, vitalitet, energi

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
精力, 力量, 活力

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 精力, 力量, 活力

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 활기, 체력, 구속력

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 精力, 精神力, 気力, 元気, 迫力, 力強さ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نشاط, حيويه, قوة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כוח, חוסן, מרץ, חוזק נפשי, חיות‬

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