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birr
noun as in dash
noun as in energy
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in get-up-and-go
noun as in go
noun as in oomph
noun as in pep
noun as in potency
noun as in sprightliness
Strong matches
- activity
- animation
- ardor
- dash
- drive
- endurance
- enterprise
- exertion
- fire
- force
- forcefulness
- fortitude
- get-up-and-go
- go
- hardihood
- initiative
- intensity
- juice
- life
- liveliness
- might
- moxie
- muscle
- pep
- pizazz
- pluck
- potency
- power
- puissance
- punch
- spirit
- spontaneity
- stamina
- steam
- strength
- toughness
- tuck
- vehemence
- verve
- vim
- virility
- vitality
- vivacity
- zeal
- zest
- zing
- zip
Weak matches
noun as in vigor
Strongest matches
noun as in vigorousness
Weak matches
- ability
- action
- activity
- agility
- alertness
- bang
- bounce
- capability
- capacity
- dash
- drive
- dynamism
- endurance
- enterprise
- exercise
- fire
- force
- get-up-and-go
- go
- hardiness
- healthiness
- intensity
- juice
- kick
- liveliness
- lustiness
- might
- motion
- moxie
- muscle
- nimbleness
- pep
- pith
- potency
- puissance
- punch
- push
- quickness
- snap
- sock
- soundness
- starch
- steam
- strength
- tuck
- urgency
- vehemence
- verve
- vim
- vim and vigor
- vitality
- well-being
- zing
- zip
Example Sentences
Monday's announcement saw Ethiopia’s currency, the birr, lose nearly a third of its value against the dollar.
The birr was this week trading at 90 to $1 on the black market, compared to 53 in banks.
His bail was set at 60,000 Ethiopian birr, about $1,170, according to his lawyer.
His uncle ransomed the boy for 1,000 birr after four days.
While Tigist is referring to the official rate available in banks, the birr has fallen even further in the informal market, Mr Roble says, and has now reached 67 birr against the dollar.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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