vigorous

The word “vigorous” has 3 syllables: vig-or-ous

It's pronounced as /ˈvɪɡɚəs/


What is synonym and antonym for vigorous?

In the thesaurus, “vigorous” has 145 synonyms and 94 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for vigorous along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for vigorous

  • able-bodied
  • absolute
  • active
  • aggressive
  • animated
  • annealed
  • arresting
  • assertive
  • assured
  • athletic
  • ball of fire
  • beefy
  • bouncing
  • brawny
  • brisk
  • burly
  • capable
  • cast-iron
  • categoric
  • categorical
  • certain
  • clear
  • compelling
  • competent
  • confident
  • conspicuous
  • dashing
  • decided
  • driving
  • durable
  • dynamic
  • effective
  • efficient
  • emphatic
  • enduring
  • energetic
  • energized
  • enlivened
  • enterprising
  • everlasting
  • exuberant
  • firm
  • fit
  • flinty
  • flourishing
  • flush
  • forceful
  • forcible
  • fortified
  • frisky
  • full-blooded
  • gingery
  • hale
  • hard
  • hard-bitten
  • hard-driving
  • hardened
  • hardy
  • healthy
  • hearty
  • husky
  • immortal
  • impelling
  • imperishable
  • insistent
  • intense
  • inured
  • invigorated
  • iron
  • ironclad
  • jaunty
  • jazzy
  • kinetic
  • lasting
  • leathery
  • lively
  • lusty
  • marked
  • mettlesome
  • mighty
  • muscular
  • noticeable
  • peppy
  • perky
  • permanent
  • persuasive
  • plain
  • pointed
  • potent
  • powerful
  • prospering
  • puissant
  • punchy
  • red-blooded
  • refreshed
  • rejuvenated
  • resilient
  • resounding
  • revitalized
  • robust
  • robustious
  • rugged
  • sanguine
  • seasoned
  • secure
  • snappy
  • solid
  • sound
  • spanking
  • spirited
  • sprightful
  • sprightly
  • springy
  • stable
  • stalwart
  • stanch
  • staunch
  • staying
  • steamroller
  • stout
  • strapping
  • strenuous
  • striking
  • strong
  • strong as an ox
  • sturdy
  • sure
  • take-charge
  • takeover
  • tempered
  • tenacious
  • thriving
  • tough
  • toughened
  • unambiguous
  • unequivocal
  • unyielding
  • vehement
  • violent
  • virile
  • vital
  • vitalized
  • vivacious
  • zealous
  • zippy

Antonyms for vigorous

  • ambiguous
  • apathetic
  • broken-down
  • characterless
  • crippled
  • debilitated
  • decrepit
  • delicate
  • diffident
  • disabled
  • diseased
  • dispirited
  • dull
  • easy
  • effete
  • emasculated
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • equivocal
  • exhausted
  • facile
  • faint
  • feeble
  • fragile
  • frail
  • guarded
  • halting
  • helpless
  • hesitant
  • idle
  • ill
  • impotent
  • inactive
  • incapable
  • incapacitated
  • indifferent
  • indolent
  • ineffective
  • infirm
  • insecure
  • invertebrate
  • lackadaisical
  • languid
  • lazy
  • lethargic
  • limp
  • listless
  • mild
  • moderate
  • mortal
  • nerveless
  • nonassertive
  • nonemphatic
  • nonhardy
  • perishable
  • powerless
  • prostrate
  • prostrated
  • puny
  • resistless
  • run-down
  • sapped
  • self-doubting
  • sensitive
  • sluggish
  • soft
  • spineless
  • spiritless
  • susceptible
  • temporary
  • tender
  • tired
  • torpid
  • transient
  • uncertain
  • uncompelling
  • understated
  • unemphatic
  • unenthusiastic
  • unhealthy
  • unresistant
  • unsound
  • unwell
  • vulnerable
  • wan
  • wasted
  • weak
  • weak-kneed
  • weakened
  • wimpy
  • wishy-washy
  • worn
  • worn-out
  • yielding

Meanings of vigorous

  • adjective
    1. Physically strong and active.
    2. Mentally strong and active.
    3. Rapid of growth.

Example Sentences

  • He maintained a vigorous workout routine to stay in top shape.
  • The debate was marked by vigorous exchanges between the candidates.
  • After a vigorous cleaning, the kitchen looked brand new.
  • They launched a vigorous campaign to raise environmental awareness.
  • Her vigorous attitude helped her recover quickly from the illness.

On this page you'll find 239 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to vigorous, such as: able-bodied, absolute, active, aggressive, ambiguous, animated, annealed.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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laborious

  • Augean
  • absorbed
  • abstract
  • abstruse
  • active
  • alive
  • animated
  • annoying
  • arduous
  • assiduous
  • astir
  • backbreaking
  • bothersome
  • bruising
  • brutal
  • burdensome
  • bustling
  • busy
  • buzzing
  • challenging
  • complex
  • complicated
  • concentrating
  • cruel
  • demanding
  • difficult
  • diligent
  • distressing
  • effortful
  • elusive
  • employed
  • energetic
  • engaged
  • engrossed
  • exacting
  • exhausting
  • fatiguing
  • flourishing
  • focused
  • focussed
  • forced
  • formidable
  • functional
  • functioning
  • going
  • grievous
  • grim
  • grueling
  • gruelling
  • hairy
  • happening
  • hard
  • hardworking
  • heavy
  • hellacious
  • herculean
  • hopping
  • humming
  • immersed
  • indefatigable
  • industrious
  • inhuman
  • insoluble
  • intent
  • intricate
  • involved
  • irksome
  • killer
  • killing
  • knee-deep
  • knotty
  • labored
  • lively
  • living
  • moiling
  • murderous
  • occupied
  • onerous
  • opaque
  • operating
  • operational
  • operative
  • operose
  • oppressive
  • painful
  • painstaking
  • persevering
  • persnickety
  • pick-and-shovel
  • ponderous
  • preoccupied
  • problematic
  • problematical
  • recondite
  • rigid
  • rigorous
  • rough
  • rough go
  • rugged
  • running
  • sedulous
  • serious
  • severe
  • spiny
  • stern
  • stiff
  • strained
  • strenuous
  • stressful
  • strict
  • stringent
  • stubborn
  • swamped
  • sweaty
  • tall
  • taxing
  • testing
  • thorny
  • thriving
  • ticklish
  • tied-up
  • tight
  • tireless
  • tiresome
  • toilsome
  • tough
  • tough job
  • tricky
  • troublesome
  • trying
  • unflagging
  • untiring
  • uphill
  • vexatious
  • vibrant
  • vigorous
  • wearing
  • wearisome
  • wicked
  • working

racy

ultrafast

ultrarapid

unabated

  • active
  • arrant
  • assiduous
  • austere
  • bound
  • bound and determined
  • brick-wall
  • busy
  • ceaseless
  • clear-cut
  • complete
  • conscientious
  • constant
  • consummate
  • continual
  • continuous
  • cruel
  • damned
  • dead set on
  • determined
  • diligent
  • dogged
  • downright
  • dynamic
  • endless
  • energetic
  • feverish
  • grim
  • gross
  • hanging tough
  • hard
  • hardheaded
  • implacable
  • incessant
  • indefatigable
  • industrious
  • inexhaustible
  • inexorable
  • intense
  • intransigent
  • iron-fisted
  • laborious
  • meticulous
  • mortal
  • nonstop
  • oppressive
  • out-and-out
  • outright
  • painstaking
  • patient
  • perfect
  • perpetual
  • persevering
  • persistent
  • pertinacious
  • pitiless
  • plodding
  • punishing
  • rank
  • relentless
  • remorseless
  • rigid
  • ruthless
  • sedulous
  • set
  • severe
  • sheer
  • simple
  • slavish
  • spirited
  • steadfast
  • steady
  • stern
  • stiff
  • stiff-necked
  • straight-out
  • strenuous
  • stubborn
  • sustained
  • tenacious
  • thorough
  • thoroughgoing
  • tireless
  • tough
  • unabridged
  • unadulterated
  • unalleviated
  • unbending
  • unbroken
  • undiluted
  • unfailing
  • unfaltering
  • unflagging
  • unflinching
  • unmixed
  • unqualified
  • unrelenting
  • unrelieved
  • unremitting
  • unsparing
  • unstoppable
  • untiring
  • unwavering
  • unyielding
  • utter
  • vigorous
  • weariless

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