noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/vaɪˈtælɪti/
/vaɪˈtæləti/
archaic:/vɪ-/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The capacity to live and develop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Energy or vigour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
youthful vitality
full of vitality
economic vitality
The city’s cultural vitality impressed the visitors.
He maintained his vitality well into old age.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vital force, life force, vinegar
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vital force, life force
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
an energetic style
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: verve
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim
Narrower terms: sparkle, twinkle, spark, light
5
noun
Meaning 5
the property of being able to survive and grow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the vitality of a seed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: animation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: animateness, aliveness, liveness
6
noun
Meaning 6
(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: life force, vital force, elan vital
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: force
7
noun
Meaning 7
a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
jogging works off my excess energy
he seemed full of vim and vigor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: energy, vim
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: good health, healthiness
Narrower terms: juice, qi, chi, ch'i, ki
History
Etymology
From vital + -ity, from Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”), from vitalis (“vital”); see vital.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
жизнеспосо́бност
(žiznesposóbnost)
— the capacity to live and develop
Catalan:
vitalitat
— the capacity to live and develop
Chinese Mandarin:
生命力
(shēngmìnglì)
— the capacity to live and develop
Finnish:
elinvoima
— the capacity to live and develop
Galician:
vitalidade
— the capacity to live and develop
Georgian:
სიცოცხლისუნარიანობა
(sicocxlisunarianoba)
— the capacity to live and develop
Georgian:
ცხოველუნარიანობა
(cxovelunarianoba)
— the capacity to live and develop
Georgian:
ცხოველმოსილება
(cxovelmosileba)
— the capacity to live and develop
Indonesian:
daya hidup
— the capacity to live and develop
Indonesian:
vitalitas
— the capacity to live and develop
Japanese:
生命力
(seimeiryoku)
— the capacity to live and develop
Korean:
생명력
(saengmyeongnyeok)
— the capacity to live and develop
Middle English:
quyknesse
— the capacity to live and develop
Norwegian:
levedyktighet
— the capacity to live and develop
Portuguese:
vitalidade
— the capacity to live and develop
Russian:
жизнеспосо́бность
(žiznesposóbnostʹ)
— the capacity to live and develop
Russian:
жи́зненность
(žíznennostʹ)
— the capacity to live and develop
Russian:
жизнесто́йкость
(žiznestójkostʹ)
— the capacity to live and develop
Russian:
живу́честь
(živúčestʹ)
— the capacity to live and develop
Spanish:
vitalidad
— the capacity to live and develop
Bulgarian:
жизненост
(žiznenost)
— energy or vigour
Bulgarian:
енергичност
(energičnost)
— energy or vigour
Catalan:
vitalitat
— energy or vigour
Chinese Mandarin:
生命力
(shēngmìnglì)
— energy or vigour
Czech:
vitalita
— energy or vigour
Finnish:
elinvoima
— energy or vigour
Finnish:
eloisuus
— energy or vigour
Finnish:
vireys
— energy or vigour
Finnish:
puhti
— energy or vigour
French:
vitalité
— energy or vigour
Galician:
vitalidade
— energy or vigour
Georgian:
სიცხოველე
(sicxovele)
— energy or vigour
German:
Vitalität
— energy or vigour
German:
Lebenskraft
— energy or vigour
Greek:
ζωντάνια
(zontánia)
— energy or vigour
Hindi:
जीवंतता
(jīvanttā)
— energy or vigour
Irish:
beogacht
— energy or vigour
Irish:
anamúlacht
— energy or vigour
Japanese:
精
(sei)
— energy or vigour
Japanese:
生命力
(seimeiryoku)
— energy or vigour
Korean:
생명력
(saengmyeongnyeok)
— energy or vigour
Latin:
vītālitās
— energy or vigour
Māori:
hau
— energy or vigour
Māori:
korou
— energy or vigour
Māori:
hiringa
— energy or vigour
Māori:
riaka
— energy or vigour
Māori:
hōriri
— energy or vigour
Norwegian:
livskraft
— energy or vigour
Portuguese:
vitalidade
— energy or vigour
Russian:
жи́вость
(žívostʹ)
— energy or vigour
Russian:
энерги́чность
(enɛrgíčnostʹ)
— energy or vigour
Sanskrit:
वर्चस्
(varcas)
— energy or vigour
Spanish:
vitalidad
— energy or vigour
Catalan:
vitalitat
— that which distinguishes living from nonliving things
Esperanto:
viveco
— that which distinguishes living from nonliving things
Finnish:
elinvoima
— that which distinguishes living from nonliving things
Latin:
vītālitās
— that which distinguishes living from nonliving things
