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- [vig-er]
- /ˈvɪg ər/
- /ˈvɪɡ.ər/
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- [vig-er]
- /ˈvɪg ər/
Definitions of vigour word
- noun vigour active strength or force. 1
- noun vigour healthy physical or mental energy or power; vitality. 1
- noun vigour energetic activity; energy; intensity: The economic recovery has given the country a new vigor. 1
- noun vigour force of healthy growth in any living matter or organism, as a plant. 1
- noun vigour active or effective force, especially legal validity. 1
- uncountable noun vigour Vigour is physical or mental energy and enthusiasm. 0
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Origin of vigour
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English vigo(u)r < Anglo-French; Middle French vigeur < Latin vigor force, energy, equivalent to vig(ēre) to be vigorous, thrive + -or -or1
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Parts of speech for Vigour
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vigour popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
vigour usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for vigour
noun vigour
- action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- activeness — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- ambition — If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.
- animation — Animation is the process of making films in which drawings or puppets appear to move.
- assertiveness — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
Antonyms for vigour
noun vigour
- acedia — spiritual sloth or apathy
- debilitation — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- debility — Debility is a weakness of a person's body or mind, especially one caused by an illness.
- deliquescence — the process of deliquescing
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
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