What does vigour mean?
Word: Vigour
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Vigour means physical strength and good health, or a lively keenness in what you do.
Synonyms: strength, vitality, enthusiasm
Antonyms: weakness, feebleness, lethargy
How do you spell vigour?
Syllables: vig - our
Tricky part: British English ends the word in -our, like colour and honour. Students write vigur or viggour.
Watch out for: vigur, viggour, vigoure
Memory tip: Picture a team full of vigour shouting 'Go, our side!': the word ends with g and then our.
Vigour in a sentence
Example 1: The neem saplings we planted in June are growing with real vigour.
Example 2: She returned to her studies with fresh vigour after the holidays.
Example 3: The players defended with such vigour that the visitors could not score.
Fun Fact
Vigour comes from the Latin vigere, to be lively or strong. The same root is behind vigil and vigilant, words about staying awake and alert.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word vigour as used in the sentence:
After a week of rest, Grandpa went back to digging his vegetable patch with renewed vigour.
a) energy
b) caution
c) patience
d) sadness
Show answer
a) energy. Rest gave him back his strength, so he dug with fresh energy.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our sports teacher said that the team played with such vigour in the second half that the other side could not keep up with them for a singel minute.
a) second
b) vigour
c) teacher
d) singel
Show answer
d) singel. Single ends in -le, like table and little.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose its meaning:
1. vigour 2. persistance 3. temprament 4. stamena
a) continuing firmly in spite of problems
b) great strength and liveliness
c) the ability to keep going without getting tired
d) a person's nature, shown in how they behave
Show answer
b) great strength and liveliness. Stamina ends in -ina, temperament keeps the e after temp, and persistence takes -ence.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
The old banyan tree in the school courtyard still puts out new roots with great ogruiv.
a) rigour
b) vapour
c) vigour
d) valour
Show answer
c) vigour. Of the four, only vigour has both a v and a g.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which person shows vigour?
a) a girl too tired to stand up straight
b) a boy dozing through the whole lesson
c) a man yawning again and again at his desk
d) a farmer ploughing from dawn without a break
Show answer
d) a farmer ploughing from dawn without a break
2. A plant that grows with vigour is ____.
a) drooping in the dry heat
b) losing its leaves early
c) growing strongly and fast
d) growing slowly in poor soil
Show answer
c) growing strongly and fast
