Meanings
plural vitalities
- countableuncountableEnergy or vigour.
full of vitality
4 more examples
youthful vitality
economic vitality
The city’s cultural vitality impressed the visitors.
He maintained his vitality well into old age.
Synonyms: vital force, life force, vinegar
- countableuncountableThat which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.
Synonyms: vital force, life force
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEnergy or vigour.
nounThat which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms
nounthe property of being able to survive and grow
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinvitalitas“vital force, life”
- Middle Frenchvitalité
- Englishvitality
From vital + -ity, from Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”), from vitalis (“vital”); see vital.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian жизнеспосо́бност, жизненост
- жизнеспосо́бност (žiznesposóbnost)the capacity to live and develop
- жизненост (žiznenost)energy or vigour
- енергичност (energičnost)energy or vigour
Catalan vitalitat, vitalitat
- vitalitatthe capacity to live and develop
- vitalitatenergy or vigour
- vitalitatthat which distinguishes living from nonliving things
Chinese Mandarin 生命力, 生命力
- 生命力 (shēngmìnglì)the capacity to live and develop
- 生命力 (shēngmìnglì)energy or vigour
Czech vitalita
- vitalitaenergy or vigour
Esperanto viveco
- vivecothat which distinguishes living from nonliving things
Finnish elinvoima, elinvoima
- elinvoimathe capacity to live and develop
- elinvoimaenergy or vigour
- eloisuusenergy or vigour
- vireysenergy or vigour
- puhtienergy or vigour
- elinvoimathat which distinguishes living from nonliving things
French vitalité
- vitalitéenergy or vigour
German Vitalität, Lebenskraft
- Vitalitätenergy or vigour
- Lebenskraftenergy or vigour
Greek ζωντάνια
- ζωντάνια (zontánia)energy or vigour
Hindi जीवंतता
- जीवंतता (jīvanttā)energy or vigour
Indonesian daya hidup, vitalitas
- daya hidupthe capacity to live and develop
- vitalitasthe capacity to live and develop
Irish beogacht, anamúlacht
- beogachtenergy or vigour
- anamúlachtenergy or vigour
Japanese 生命力, 精
- 生命力 (seimeiryoku)the capacity to live and develop
- 精 (sei)energy or vigour
- 生命力 (seimeiryoku)energy or vigour
Korean 생명력, 생명력
- 생명력 (saengmyeongnyeok)the capacity to live and develop
- 생명력 (saengmyeongnyeok)energy or vigour
Latin vītālitās, vītālitās
- vītālitāsenergy or vigour
- vītālitāsthat which distinguishes living from nonliving things
Māori hau, korou
- hauenergy or vigour
- korouenergy or vigour
- hiringaenergy or vigour
- riakaenergy or vigour
- hōririenergy or vigour
Norwegian levedyktighet, livskraft
- levedyktighetthe capacity to live and develop
- livskraftenergy or vigour
Portuguese vitalidade, vitalidade
- vitalidadethe capacity to live and develop
- vitalidadeenergy or vigour
Russian жизнеспосо́бность, жи́зненность
- жизнеспосо́бность (žiznesposóbnostʹ)the capacity to live and develop
- жи́зненность (žíznennostʹ)the capacity to live and develop
- жизнесто́йкость (žiznestójkostʹ)the capacity to live and develop
- живу́честь (živúčestʹ)the capacity to live and develop
- жи́вость (žívostʹ)energy or vigour
- энерги́чность (enɛrgíčnostʹ)energy or vigour
Spanish vitalidad, vitalidad
- vitalidadthe capacity to live and develop
- vitalidadenergy or vigour
Cite this entry
vitality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vitality
“vitality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vitality. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vitality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vitality.
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