Vim
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /vɪm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Vim is a noun meaning Ready vitality and vigour.
Meaning
Ready vitality and vigour.
Example Sentences
But the youth of today were a pasty lot, with none of the get-up-and-go, none of the vigor and vim that he remembered from the days when he was young …
The Yankees fought with pluck to the last, but the vigor and vim of the attack was too much for them. They were Michigan men, and were quite indignant at being called "Yankees."
But he was, doubtless, totally unconscious that he was to be the chief personage in this most important story, or he would have acted out his real nature with all the vim and pathos which heroes always manifest in like circumstances.
Ignoring then, as I do, the idea that has found a lodgment in the minds and taken possession of the judgment of large numbers of the Profession that man has physically degenerated; that his physical powers of resistance and endurance, his energy, vigor, and vim have declined; [...]
Synonyms for vim
Depending on context, synonyms include energy, go, pep, pizzazz, verve, zest.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vigor, vitality, vigour, energy, pep, life.
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