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