1. An energetic style or enthusiasm
   "The dancer performed with vitality and passion";
   - verve
    
2. A healthy capacity for vigorous activity
   "Her vitality was evident in everything she did";
   - energy, vim
    
3. The property of being able to survive and grow
   "the vitality of a seed";
   - animation
    
4. (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms
   "Early scientists attributed vitality to an unknown life force";
   - life force, vital force, élan vital

Derived forms: vitalities

See also: alive, dead, live

Type of: aliveness, animateness, energy, force, good health, healthiness, liveness, muscularity, vigor [US], vigour [Brit, Cdn], vim

Encyclopedia: Vitality