'vivid' definitions:
Definition of 'vivid'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description" [syn: graphic, lifelike, pictorial, vivid]
adjective
Having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience; "a vivid recollection"
adjective
Having striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" [syn: bright, brilliant, vivid]
adjective
(of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue" [syn: intense, vivid]
Definition of 'vivid'
From: GCIDE
- vivid \viv"id\ (v[i^]v"[i^]d), a. [L. vividus, from vivere to life; akin to vivus living. See Quick, a., and cf. Revive, Viand, Victuals, Vital.]
- 1. True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors. [1913 Webster]
- In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of painting, the human face and human form divine. --Bp. Hobart. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination. [1913 Webster]
- Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly, vivid faculties to exercise . . . themselves in. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Clear; lucid; bright; strong; striking; lively; quick; sprightly; active. [1913 Webster] -- {viv"id*ly}, adv. -- {viv"id*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vivid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- active,
- acute,
- aggressive,
- agog,
- alacritous,
- alive,
- all agog,
- animate,
- animated,
- anxious,
- apish,
- avid,
- bedazzling,
- blinding,
- brave,
- breathless,
- bright,
- bright and shining,
- bright-hued,
- brilliant,
- brisk,
- burning,
- bursting to,
- clear,
- colorful,
- colory,
- creative,
- dazzling,
- deep-colored,
- delineative,
- delineatory,
- depictive,
- descriptive,
- desirous,
- detailed,
- distinct,
- dramatic,
- dynamic,
- eager,
- echoic,
- effulgent,
- eidetic,
- eloquent,
- embodying,
- enduring,
- energetic,
- enliven,
- enterprising,
- enthusiastic,
- excite,
- excruciating,
- exotic,
- expositive,
- expressive,
- exquisite,
- extreme,
- faithful,
- fecund,
- fertile,
- figurative,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- forward,
- fresh,
- fruitful,
- fulgent,
- fulgid,
- full of life,
- full of pep,
- galvanize,
- garish,
- gay,
- gay-colored,
- give life to,
- glaring,
- glary,
- glowing,
- go-go,
- gorgeous,
- graphic,
- green,
- hearty,
- high-colored,
- ideographic,
- illustrational,
- illustrative,
- imaginative,
- imitative,
- impatient,
- impetuous,
- incarnating,
- incisive,
- intense,
- inventive,
- keen,
- kept in remembrance,
- kinetic,
- lasting,
- lifelike,
- limning,
- lively,
- liven,
- living,
- lucid,
- lusty,
- meaningful,
- memorable,
- mettlesome,
- mimetic,
- mimish,
- naturalistic,
- onomatopoeic,
- panting,
- peppy,
- personifying,
- photographic,
- pictographic,
- pictorial,
- picturesque,
- poignant,
- powerful,
- prolific,
- quick,
- raring to,
- ready,
- ready and willing,
- realistic,
- recalled,
- recollected,
- refresh,
- refulgent,
- remembered,
- renew,
- representational,
- representative,
- representing,
- resplendent,
- restore,
- retained,
- rich,
- rich-colored,
- robust,
- sharp,
- simulative,
- smacking,
- snappy,
- spanking,
- spirited,
- splendent,
- splendid,
- splendorous,
- strenuous,
- striking,
- strong,
- suggestive,
- symbolizing,
- take-charge,
- take-over,
- theatrical,
- trenchant,
- true to life,
- typifying,
- unforgotten,
- vibrant,
- vigorous,
- vital,
- vivacious,
- vivify,
- well-drawn,
- zestful,
- zesty,
- zippy