Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: vitality  vI'ta-li-tee
  1. An energetic style
    - verve
     
  2. A healthy capacity for vigorous activity
    - energy, vim
     
  3. (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms
    - life force, vital force, élan vital
     
  4. The property of being able to survive and grow
    "the vitality of a seed";
    - animation

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