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| Main Entry: | energy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's spirit and vigor |
| Synonyms: | élan, activity, animation, application, ardor, dash, drive, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, endurance, enterprise, exertion, fire, force, fortitude, go, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, puissance, punch, spirit, spontaneity, stamina, steam, strength, tuck, vehemence, verve, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip*, birr, forcefulness, get-up-and-go, operativeness, toughness |
| Antonyms: | idleness, laziness, lethargy, inactivity, tiredness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | energy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | generated power |
| Synonyms: | application, burn, current, electricity, force, friction, gravity, heat, juice, magnetism, potential, pressure, reaction, response, service, steam, strength, conductivity, dynamism, horsepower, kilowatts, radioactivity, rays, voltage, wattage |
| Main Entry: | animation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness; activity |
| Synonyms: | élan, action, ardor, bounce, buoyancy, dash, ebullience, elation, energy, enthusiasm, esprit, excitement, exhilaration, fervor, gaiety, life, oomph*, passion, pep*, sparkle, spirit, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, zap*, zeal, zest, zing*, zip*, brio, briskness, dynamism, high spirits, sprightliness, vibrancy |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, dullness, inactivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spring |
| Synonyms: | animation, bound, elasticity, energy, give, go, life, liveliness, pep, rebound, recoil, resilience, vigor, vitality, vivacity, zip, dynamism, springiness |
| Main Entry: | brawn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muscular strength and breadth |
| Synonyms: | beef, clout, energy, flesh, kick, meat, might, moxie*, muscle, power, punch, sock, steam, vigor, beefiness, muscularity, robustness, sinews, thew |
| Antonyms: | thinness, frailness, skinniness, slightness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | efficacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | efficiency; productiveness |
| Synonyms: | ability, adequacy, capability, capacity, competence, effect, effectiveness, energy, force, influence, performance, potency, power, strength, success, sufficiency, use, vigor, virtue, weight, capableness, efficaciousness |
| Notes: | if something is efficacious, it is able to produce the desired result; efficacy means the power to produce effects |
| Antonyms: | failure, inefficiency, weakness, inefficacy, unproductiveness, uselessness |
| Main Entry: | efficiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adeptness, effectiveness |
| Synonyms: | ability, abundance, adaptability, address, adequacy, capability, competence, completeness, economy, efficacy, energy, expertise, facility, faculty, know-how, performance, potency, power, productivity, proficiency, prowess, quantity, readiness, response, skill, suitability, talent, capableness, competency, effectualness, powerfulness, productiveness, resourcefulness, skillfulness, suitableness, thoroughness |
| Antonyms: | helplessness, impotence, inability, incompetence, inefficiency, weakness, ineffectiveness |
| Main Entry: | effort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work, exertion |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, act, aim, application, aspiration, attempt, battle, crack*, creation, deed, discipline, drill, elbow grease*, endeavor, energy, enterprise, essay, exercise, feat, fling*, force, go*, industry, intention, job, labor, old college try*, power, product, production, pull, purpose, push, resolution, shot*, spurt, stab*, strain, stress, stretch, strife, striving, struggle, sweat, tension, toil, training, travail, trial, trouble, try, tug*, undertaking, venture, whack*, pains |
| Antonyms: | hesitation, idleness, laziness, inactivity, passivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enthusiasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | keen interest, excitement |
| Synonyms: | élan, activity, ardor, avidity, conviction, craze, dash, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, ecstasy, emotion, energy, exhilaration, fad, fanaticism, feeling, fervor, fever, fire, flame, flare, frenzy, fury, gaiety, glow, go*, heat, hilarity, hobby, intensity, interest, joy, keenness, life, mania, mirth, nerve, oomph*, orgasm, passion, pep, rapture, red heat*, relish, snap, spirit, transport, vehemence, verve, vim, vivacity, warmth, zeal, zest, ardency, fieriness, impetuosity, joyfulness, zealousness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, coolness, doubt, indifference, lethargy, pessimism, weariness, aloofness, coldness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger, wrath |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, asperity, energy, ferocity, fire, flare-up, force, frenzy, furor, indignation, intensity, ire, madness, might, passion, power, rage, rise, severity, sore, stew*, storm*, turbulence, vehemence, violence, boiling point, conniption, fierceness, impetuosity, rabidity, rampancy, savagery, slow burn, tempestuousness |
| Antonyms: | calm, happiness, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | health |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical, mental wellness |
| Synonyms: | bloom*, complexion, constitution, energy, euphoria, fettle, fitness, form, hardihood, pink*, prime*, shape, soundness, stamina, state, strength, tone, verdure, vigor, well-being, wholeness, clean bill, eupepsia, fine feather, good condition, haleness, hardiness, healthfulness, healthiness, lustiness, robustness, salubriousness, salubrity, tonicity, top form |
| Antonyms: | disease, illness, infirmity, sickness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impetus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stimulus, force |
| Synonyms: | catalyst, energy, goad, impulse, incentive, incitement, momentum, motivation, power, pressure, push, spur, stimulant, urge, impulsion, incitation |
| Antonyms: | block, check, hindrance |
| Main Entry: | initiative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eagerness to do something |
| Synonyms: | action, ambition, drive, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, gumption*, leadership, moxie*, originality, punch, push, resource, spunk*, steam*, vigor, dynamism, get-up-and-go, inventiveness, resourcefulness |
| Antonyms: | indifference, lethargy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intensity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passion, force |
| Synonyms: | acuteness, anxiety, ardor, concentration, depth, earnestness, emotion, emphasis, energy, excess, excitement, extreme, extremity, fanaticism, ferment, ferocity, fervor, fire, force, fury, keenness, magnitude, might, nervousness, potency, power, severity, strain, strength, tension, vehemence, vigor, violence, volume, deepness, ferociousness, fervency, fierceness, forcefulness, high pitch, intenseness, sharpness, tenseness, weightiness, wildness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, dullness, laziness, lethargy, moderation, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | mettle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness, strength of character |
| Synonyms: | animation, ardor, backbone, bravery, caliber, courage, daring, disposition, energy, fire, force, fortitude, gallantry, grit*, guts*, hardihood, heart*, life*, makeup, moxie, nature, nerve, pluck, quality, resolution, resolve, spirit, spunk, stamina, stamp*, starch, temper, temperament, valor, vigor, vitality, dauntlessness, gameness, indomitability, kidney |
| Antonyms: | weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | might |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, power |
| Synonyms: | adequacy, arm, authority, capability, capacity, clout, command, competence, control, domination, efficacy, efficiency, energy, force, jurisdiction, mastery, moxie*, muscle*, potency, prowess, puissance, punch, qualification, sinew*, steam, strength, sway, valor, vigor, forcefulness, forcibleness, get-up-and-go, lustiness, peppiness, powerfulness, qualifiedness, strenuousness, strong arm, vigorousness |
| Antonyms: | inability, weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | momentum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impetus, push |
| Synonyms: | drive, energy, force, impulse, power, propulsion, strength, thrust |
| Main Entry: | nerve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daring, boldness |
| Synonyms: | assumption, assurance, audacity, backbone, brass*, bravery, cheek*, chutzpah*, confidence, coolness, courage, crust*, determination, effrontery, endurance, energy, face*, firmness, force, fortitude, gall*, grit*, guts*, hardihood, heart*, impertinence, impudence, insolence, intestinal fortitude, mettle, might, moxie*, pluck*, presumption, resolution, sauce*, spirit, spunk*, starch*, stomach*, temerity, vigor, will, brazenness, fearlessness, gameness, hardiness, intrepidity, steadfastness |
| Antonyms: | fear, modesty, shyness, timidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vim, vigor |
| Synonyms: | animation, bang, energy, go, gusto, hardihood, life, liveliness, moxie*, potency, punch*, push, snap*, spirit, starch*, tuck*, verve, vitality, vivacity, zip*, birr, get-up-and-go, high spirits |
| Antonyms: | apathy, lethargy, inactivity, lifelessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | potency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effectiveness |
| Synonyms: | authority, capability, capacity, command, control, dominion, efficacy, efficiency, energy, force, go*, hardihood, influence, juice*, kick*, might, moxie*, muscle*, pep, potential, power, puissance, punch, sinew*, snap, sock*, steam*, strength, sway, vigor, virtue, zap*, zing*, zip*, birr, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | disability, weakness, impotency, ineffectiveness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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