VIM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vim mean? 

• VIM (noun)
  The noun VIM has 2 senses:

1. a healthy capacity for vigorous activity

2. an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

  Familiarity information: VIM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A healthy capacity for vigorous activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

energy; vim; vitality

Context example:

he seemed full of vim and vigor

Hypernyms ("vim" is a kind of...):

good health; healthiness (the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vim"):

juice (energetic vitality)

ch'i; chi; ki; qi (the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

energy; muscularity; vigor; vigour; vim

Context example:

a remarkable muscularity of style

Hypernyms ("vim" is a kind of...):

life; liveliness; spirit; sprightliness (animation and energy in action or expression)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vim"):

verve; vitality (an energetic style)

 Context examples 

At this time of the month, you will need more rest, so slow down so you will be full of vim and vigor for the holidays.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The sailors must have learned whatever project was on hand, and the vim and snap they put into their work attested their enthusiasm.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)