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vig·or
(vĭg′ər)n.
1. Physical or mental strength, energy, or force: Our vigor was depleted by the hot weather.
2. The capacity for natural growth and survival, as of plants or animals.
3. Strong feeling; enthusiasm or intensity: argued his point with great vigor.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from vigēre, to be lively; see weg- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: vigor, dash1, punch2, 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.
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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vig•or
(ˈvɪg ər)n.
1. active strength or force; intensity; energy.
2. healthy physical or mental energy or power; vitality.
3. healthy growth in any living matter or organism, as a plant.
4. effective force, esp. legal validity.
Also, esp. Brit.,vig′our.[1300–50; < Middle French vigeur < Latin vigor force, energy =vig(ēre) to be vigorous, thrive + -or -or1]
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vigor
- vim, vigor - Vim is the same as vigor.
- bouncing - In bouncing baby, it means "vigorous."
- feckful - Means "efficient, vigorous," or "powerful."
- macho, machismo - Macho is from Mexican Spanish, meaning "male animal or plant" or "masculine, vigorous"—from Latin masculus, "male"; machismo (pronounced mah-CHEEZ-mo) is based on macho.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() forcefulness, strength, force - physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man" athleticism, strenuosity - intense energy; "his music is characterized by a happy athleticism" |
2. | ![]() strength - the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength" | |
3. | ![]() sprightliness, liveliness, spirit, life - animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it" |
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vigor
noun1. A lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner:
animation, bounce, brio, dash, élan, esprit, life, liveliness, pertness, sparkle, spirit, verve, vim, vivaciousness, vivacity, zip.
Slang: oomph.
2. A quality of active mental and physical forcefulness:
Informal: snap.
Idiom: vim and vigor.
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vigour
(American) vigor (ˈvigə) noun strength and energy. He began his new job with enthusiasm and vigour.
ˈvigorous adjectivea vigorous dance.
ˈvigorously adverb The adjective is always spelt vigorous.
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vigor
n. vigor, fortaleza.
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vigor
n vigor mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.