energy

Noun

Meaning

Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer them to lie inactive.

Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.

Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; -- said of speech, language, words, style; as, a style full of energy.

Capacity for performing work.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

vigor power force vim spirit potency strength vitality zip vigour get-up-and-go might fire activity ardor

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Antonyms

marsh fen bayou year people disease

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Hypernyms

life force drive spirit liveliness healthiness

Hyponyms

ray chi power work punch second wind

Related terms

synergy ergonomics

Phrases with the word

main character energy a waste of energy suck the energy out of the room keep that same energy match someone's energy have energy to burn

Derivatives

energies

Anagrams

greeny greyen gyrene

Examples

The energy of the mind is the essence of life. Aristotle

Love is energy of life. Robert Browning

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. Albert Camus

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. Albert Einstein

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. Sarah Bernhardt

Energy is Eternal Delight. (William Blake) English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Energlyn energon energumen energy absorption element energy absorption factor energy alliance