Definitions

vigor

[vig-er] / ˈvɪg ər /

NOUN

power, energy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ability agility alertness capability dynamism endurance intensity potency quickness strength urgency vitality

STRONG

action activity bang birr bounce capacity dash drive enterprise exercise fire force get-up-and-go go hardiness healthiness juice kick liveliness lustiness might motion moxie muscle nimbleness pep pith puissance punch push snap sock soundness starch steam tuck vehemence vim well-being zing zip

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathy impotence inability incompetence lethargy weakness

STRONG

dullness idleness immobility inactivity indolence inertia laziness lifelessness powerlessness repose rest

WEAK

enervation

Example Sentences

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A spokesperson for Synergy said the company "will defend against these allegations with vigor", the New York Times reported.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Christopher finally has the showcase he deserves, and the vibrancy and vigor of his talent has Broadway justifiably agog.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The lack of martial vigor rings especially true of the other groups, the seemingly disbanded Hurras al-Din in Syria and al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

In his witty appraisal of Michel de Montaigne’s essays, Emerson celebrates their open-mindedness and vigor with language that is itself expansive and raw.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The difficulties of execution were not insuperable; but I feared that there should be no vigor in my rendering when my senses were clogged with terror at crowds and a crippling imagination of imminent failure.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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