Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having intensely bright or striking color: "vivid" describes colors that are very strong, pure, and bright, with a high degree of saturation.
   • Producing clear, powerful, and lifelike mental images: "vivid" describes descriptions, memories, or imaginations that are so sharp and detailed they seem real or present.
   • Full of life; energetic: "vivid" can describe a person or personality that is strikingly lively and animated.

Usage Examples

• Describing color:
  • She painted the door a vivid red.
  • The parrot had vivid green and yellow feathers.
• Describing memories or descriptions:
  • I have a vivid memory of my first day at school.
  • The author's vivid description of the forest made me feel I was there.
• Describing a person or impression:
  • He has a vivid imagination and is always telling creative stories.
  • Her personality is so vivid that she lights up any room she enters.

Advanced Usage

• "vivid contrast": a very strong and noticeable difference.
  • The white sand provided a vivid contrast against the dark blue sea.
• "vivid detail": with extremely clear and precise particulars.
  • The witness described the scene in vivid detail.
• "vividly clear": extremely clear and distinct.
  • The instructions were vividly clear and easy to follow.

Variants and Related Words

• Vividly (adverb): in a vivid manner.
  • He described the event so vividly that everyone listened intently.
• Vividness (noun): the quality of being vivid.
  • The vividness of the sunset took our breath away.

Synonyms

• Bright: emitting or reflecting much light; vivid in color.
• Intense: of extreme force, degree, or strength; very vivid.
• Graphic: giving a clear and effective picture; vivid.
• Lifelike: accurately representing real life; vivid.
• Striking: attracting attention by reason of being unusual, extreme, or prominent; vivid.

Related Phrases

• A vivid imagination: an ability to form very clear and detailed images and ideas in the mind.
  • Children often have a vivid imagination.
• A vivid dream: a dream that feels very real and is remembered clearly.
  • I had a vivid dream about flying last night.

Related Idioms

• To paint a vivid picture: to describe something so clearly that it forms a strong image in the listener's mind.
  • The historian painted a vivid picture of life in ancient Rome.

Adjective

1. (of color) having the highest saturation
   • vivid green
   • intense blue
2. having striking color
   • bright dress
   • brilliant tapestries
   • a bird with vivid plumage
3. having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience
   • a vivid recollection
4. evoking lifelike images within the mind
   • pictorial poetry and prose
   • graphic accounts of battle
   • a lifelike portrait
   • a vivid description