vigour

Other forms of vigour

plural

vigours·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about vigour

What does vigour mean?

vigour means "forceful exertion". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vigour?

vigour has 2 syllables: vi-gour. The stress falls on "vi".

What is another word for vigour?

Close synonyms include energy, vigor, zip, vigor, dynamism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vigour a common word?

vigour is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.