vigour
Syllables: vi·gorUK/ˈvɪɡə//ˈvɪɡɚ/
vigour noun: active strength or force of body or mind; a capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
Noun
vigour (countable and uncountable, plural vigours)
- Active strength or force of body or mind; a capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
- The vigour of this arm was never vain1717, John Dryden (tr.), Metamorphoses By Ovid, Book the Twelfth
- Mr. Elliot's frank statement that "sloth and untidiness are indefensible" is a sign that the task will be tackled with vigour.1953 April, “Arrears of Station Maintenance”, in Railway Magazine, page 217
- Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.
- A plant grows with vigour.
- Strength; efficacy; potency.
- But in the fruithful earth: there first receiv'd / His beams, unactive else, their vigour find.1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker...
vigour meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
vigour in Tamil
- உடல் உறுதி நலம், சுறுசுறுப்பான, வீரியம்
vigour in Urdu
- vigour, energy
- ہیر hīr
vigour in Bengali
- প্রাণশক্তি, তেজ, শক্তি, সজীবতা, উদ্যম, কর্মোদ্যম
vigour in Telugu
- vigour
- సారము sāramu
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- vigour in Malayalam
- ദ്യുമ്നം dyumnaṁ
- vigour in Kannada
- ಬಲ, ಶಕ್ತಿ, ಉತ್ಸಾಹ, ಕಸುವು
- vigour in Sanskrit
- वर्चस् varcas
Synonyms of vigour
Forms of vigour
| plural | vigours |
|---|---|
| alternative form | vigor |
| alternative form | vygour |
| alternative form | vigger |
Origin of vigour
From Middle English vigour, from Old French vigour, from vigor, from Latin vigor, from vigeō (“thrive, flourish”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be lively”). Related to vigil, vegetable, vajra, and waker.
Words formed from vigour
Words that rhyme with vigour
Questions about vigour
- What does vigour mean?
- Vigour means active strength or force of body or mind; a capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
- What is vigour in Tamil?
- Vigour in Tamil is உடல் உறுதி நலம், சுறுசுறுப்பான, வீரியம். See Vigour meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is vigour?
- Vigour is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vigour?
- Vigour is pronounced /ˈvɪɡə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of vigour?
- The plural of vigour is vigours.
Words near vigour in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vigour (page history and authors); vigour (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ہیر (Urdu) (page history and authors); vigour (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); సారము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ദ്യുമ്നം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); vigour (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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