vitality
/vʌɪˈtalɪti
/noun [mass noun]
1The state of being strong and active; energy: changes that will give renewed vitality to our democracy...
- Nothing sells fitness better than a healthy body that sparkles with energy and vitality.
- It is as if becoming prominent in a public sphere starts to rob you of the energy and vitality that drove you there in the first place.
- Taking one step at a time with complete attention and energy brings vitality and creativity to all you do.
Synonyms
liveliness, life, energy, animation, spirit, spiritedness, high-spiritedness, vivacity, exuberance, buoyancy, bounce, vibrancy, verve, vim, pep, brio, zest, zestfulness, sparkle, spark, effervescence, dynamism, passion, fire, vigour, forcefulness, ardour, zeal, relish, gusto, push, drive, punch, elan
informal zip, zing, fizz, get-up-and-go, oomph, pizzazz, feistiness
1.1The power giving continuance of life, present in all living things: the vitality of seeds...
- Jupiter's celestial brilliance portrays vitality, power, strength, and freedom of will.
- It's a promissory ideal that can be redeemed only by our own vitality in the present.
- I look at your photos, and I know that the beauty and power and vitality of nature are healing for you, as they are for me.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin vitalitas, from vitalis (see vital).
Rhymes
- quartermastering
- quartermaster sergeant
- quartermastership
- quarter-mile
- quarter-miler
- quartermistress
- quarter moon
- quartern
- quarter-night
- quartern loaf
- quarter note
- quarter of an hour
- quarter-pace
- quarter partition
- quarter peal
- quarter piece
- quarter-pierced
- quarter pipe
- quarter plate
- quarter-ply
- quarter point
- quarter pole
- quarter post
- quarter-pounder
- quarter-race