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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip" [syn: energy, vigor, vigour, zip]
2: active strength of body or mind [syn: vigor, vigour, dynamism, heartiness]
3: an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style" [syn: energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English vigour, from Anglo-French, from Latin vigor, from vig?re to be vigorous Date: 14th century 1. active bodily or mental strength or force 2. active healthy well-balanced growth especially of plants 3. intensity of action or effect ; force 4. effective legal status

Oxford Reference Dictionary

US var. of VIGOUR.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vigor Vig"or, v. t. To invigorate. [Obs.] --Feltham.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vigor Vig"or, n. [OE. vigour, vigor, OF. vigor, vigur, vigour, F. vigueur, fr. L. vigor, fr. vigere to be lively or strong. See Vegetable, Vigil.] 1. Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy. The vigor of this arm was never vain. --Dryden. 2. Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor. 3. Strength; efficacy; potency. But in the fruithful earth . . . His beams, unactive else, their vigor find. --Milton. Note: Vigor and its derivatives commonly imply active strength, or the power of action and exertion, in distinction from passive strength, or strength to endure.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Strength, force, might, power, physical force. 2. Energy, strength, intellectual force. 3. Health, haleness, soundness, robustness, bloom, elasticity, tone. 4. Thriftiness, flourishing condition. 5. Liveliness, raciness, piquancy.

Moby Thesaurus

amperage, animal spirits, animation, armipotence, authority, bang, beef, bite, bitingness, black power, bounce, brio, briskness, brute force, capacity, capersomeness, charge, charisma, clout, cogence, cogency, coltishness, compulsion, cuttingness, decisiveness, demonic energy, dint, drive, duress, dynamism, eagerness, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, elan, endurance, energy, enthusiasm, ergal, esprit, exuberance, flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, fortitude, friskiness, frolicsomeness, full blast, full force, gaiety, gamesomeness, gayness, get-up-and-go, getup, go, gusto, guts, gutsiness, haleness, hardiness, healthiness, heartiness, impressiveness, incisiveness, influence, intensity, intestinal fortitude, kinetic energy, life, liveliness, longevity, lustihood, lustiness, main force, main strength, mana, manliness, mettle, mettlesomeness, might, might and main, mightiness, mordancy, moxie, muscle, muscle power, muscularity, nervosity, nervousness, obstinacy, oomph, pep, piss and vinegar, pith, pizzazz, playfulness, poignancy, poop, potence, potency, potential energy, potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, prepotency, productiveness, productivity, puissance, pull, punch, push, resilience, robustness, rollicksomeness, rompishness, ruggedness, sinew, sinewiness, skittishness, snap, soundness, spirit, spiritedness, spirits, sportiveness, sprightliness, spunk, stalwartness, stamina, starch, staying power, steam, sticking power, stoutness, strength, strength of will, strenuousness, strong arm, strong language, sturdiness, superiority, superpower, toughness, trenchancy, validity, vehemence, verve, vigorousness, vim, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality, vivacity, wattage, weight, zealousness, zest, zestfulness, zing, zip