vigorous

1. 1.

   characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity

   “a vigorous hiker”

   “gave her skirt a vigorous shake”

   “a vigorous campaign”

   “a vigorous foreign policy”

   “vigorous opposition to the war”

   Similarenergetic
2. 2.

   strong and active physically or mentally

   “a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback”

   Similarrobust

Questions about vigorous

What does vigorous mean?

vigorous means "characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vigorous?

vigorous has 3 syllables: vig-o-rous. The stress falls on "vig". In IPA it is /ˈvɪɡɚəs/.

Is vigorous a common word?

vigorous is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.