vigour
/'vigə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- Active physical strength or energy: The state of being strong, healthy, and full of energy.
- Intensity, force, or enthusiasm: Great mental energy, determination, or the powerful effect of something.
- Robustness or healthy growth: The capacity for natural growth and survival.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- Despite his age, he tackled the physical work with remarkable vigour.
- She argued her point with intellectual vigour and clarity.
- The young plants grew with surprising vigour in the rich soil.
Advanced Usage
- "Full of vigour": Having a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
- The new manager approached the project full of vigour.
- "Renewed vigour": A fresh increase in energy or strength.
- After a short break, the team returned to the task with renewed vigour.
Variants and Related Words
- Vigor (noun): The standard American English spelling of 'vigour'.
- Vigorous (adj): Characterized by or involving physical strength, effort, or energy; strong and healthy.
- He maintains a vigorous exercise routine.
- Vigorously (adv): In a way that involves physical strength or great effort; energetically.
- She campaigned vigorously for the new policy.
Synonyms
- Energy: The strength and vitality required for sustained activity.
- Vitality: The state of being strong and active; liveliness.
- Dynamism: The quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress.
- Potency: The power of something to influence or make an impression.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- To do something with vigour: To do something with great energy and enthusiasm.
- He attacked every problem with vigour.
Noun
- an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)
- his writing conveys great energy
- a remarkable muscularity of style
- active strength of body or mind
- forceful exertion
- he plays tennis with great energy
- he's full of zip