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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor" [syn: energy, vim, vitality]
2: 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: Latin, accusative of vis strength; akin to Greek is strength, Sanskrit vaya meal, strength Date: 1843 robust energy and enthusiasm

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. colloq. vigour. Etymology: perh. f. L, accus. of vis energy

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vim Vim, n. [L., accusative of vis strength.] Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor. [Colloq.]

Moby Thesaurus

aggressiveness, amperage, animal spirits, animation, armipotence, authority, bang, beef, black power, breeziness, brio, briskness, brute force, bubbliness, capersomeness, charge, charisma, clout, cogence, cogency, coltishness, compulsion, dash, dint, drive, duress, ebullience, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, effervescence, elan, energy, enterprise, esprit, exuberance, fire, flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, friskiness, frolicsomeness, full blast, full force, gaiety, gamesomeness, gayness, get-up-and-go, ginger, gusto, heartiness, influence, initiative, kick, life, liveliness, main force, main strength, mana, might, might and main, mightiness, moxie, muscle power, oomph, pep, pepper, peppiness, piss and vinegar, pizzazz, playfulness, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, prepotency, productiveness, productivity, puissance, pull, punch, push, rollicksomeness, rompishness, sinew, skittishness, snap, spirit, spiritedness, spirits, sportiveness, sprightliness, spunk, starch, steam, strength, strong arm, superiority, superpower, thrust, validity, vehemence, verve, vigor, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality, vivaciousness, vivacity, wattage, weight, zest, zestfulness, zing, zip