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vigorous

/ˈvɪɡəɹəs/

vigorous adjective: physically strong and active.

Adjective

vigorous (comparative more vigorous, superlative most vigorous)

  1. Physically strong and active.
    • a vigorous scrub
    • a vigorous search
    Synonyms:
    two-fisted
  2. Mentally strong and active.
  3. Rapid of growth.
    • a vigorous shrub

vigorous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

vigorous in Hindi

physically strong and active
ज़ोरदार zordār

vigorous in Tamil

விறுவிறுப்பான

vigorous in Marathi

जोमदार

vigorous in Urdu

چاق, دھواں دار, متین, مضبوط, پرتاثیر, قوی
More languagesFewer languages
vigorous in Malayalam
ഉശിരുള്ളത്
vigorous in Kannada
ಕಸುವುಳ್ಳ, ಹುರುಪಿನ
vigorous in Sanskrit
वर्चस्वत् várcasvat, वर्चस्विन् varcasvín

Examples of vigorous in a sentence

  • His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.
  • The Canadian race is one of the most vigorous on the globe.
  • They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.

All 40 example sentences with vigorous

Synonyms of vigorous

Forms of vigorous

comparativemore vigorous
superlativemost vigorous

Origin of vigorous

From Anglo-Norman vigrus, from Old French vigoros (French vigoureux), from Medieval Latin vigorosus, from Latin vigor. Doublet of vigoroso.

Words formed from vigorous

Words that rhyme with vigorous

Questions about vigorous

What does vigorous mean?
Vigorous means physically strong and active.
What is vigorous in Hindi?
Vigorous in Hindi is ज़ोरदार (zordār). See Vigorous meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is vigorous?
Vigorous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce vigorous?
Vigorous is pronounced /ˈvɪɡəɹəs/.

Words near vigorous in the dictionary

  1. vigorless
  2. vigorlessness
  3. vigoro
  4. vigoroso
  5. vigorosos
  6. vigorous
  7. vigorously
  8. vigorousness
  9. vigors
  10. vigour
  11. vigoured

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: vigorous (page history and authors); vigorous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vigorous (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vigorous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vigorous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vigorous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वर्चस्वत् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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