Vim \Vim\, n. [L., accusative of vis strength.]
Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vim
n 1: a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off
my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor"
[syn: energy, vitality]
2: an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing);
"his writing conveys great energy" [syn: energy, vigor,
vigour]
WordNet (r) 2.0
122 Moby Thesaurus words for "vim":
aggressiveness, amperage, animal spirits, animation, armipotence,
authority, bang, beef, black power, breeziness, brio, briskness,
brute force, bubbliness, capersomeness, charge, charisma, clout,
cogence, cogency, coltishness, compulsion, dash, dint, drive,
duress, ebullience, effect, effectiveness, effectuality,
effervescence, elan, energy, enterprise, esprit, exuberance, fire,
flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, friskiness,
frolicsomeness, full blast, full force, gaiety, gamesomeness,
gayness, get-up-and-go, ginger, gusto, heartiness, influence,
initiative, kick, life, liveliness, main force, main strength,
mana, might, might and main, mightiness, moxie, muscle power,
oomph, pep, pepper, peppiness, piss and vinegar, pizzazz,
playfulness, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, power,
power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness,
prepotency, productiveness, productivity, puissance, pull, punch,
push, rollicksomeness, rompishness, sinew, skittishness, snap,
spirit, spiritedness, spirits, sportiveness, sprightliness, spunk,
starch, steam, strength, strong arm, superiority, superpower,
thrust, validity, vehemence, verve, vigor, virility, virtue,
virulence, vitality, vivaciousness, vivacity, wattage, weight,
zest, zestfulness, zing, zip
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
VIM
Vendor Independent Messaging (Lotus, Borland, IBM, Novell, API)
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
VIM
VI Improved (VI, Unix)
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
VIM
1. Vendor Independent Messaging.
2. Vi Improved.
(1999-06-15)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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