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- [viv-id]
- /ˈvɪv ɪd/
- /ˈvɪv.ɪd/
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- [viv-id]
- /ˈvɪv ɪd/
Definitions of vivid word
- adjective vivid strikingly bright or intense, as color, light, etc.: a vivid green. 1
- adjective vivid full of life; lively; animated: a vivid personality. 1
- adjective vivid presenting the appearance, freshness, spirit, etc., of life; realistic: a vivid account. 1
- adjective vivid strong, distinct, or clearly perceptible: a vivid recollection. 1
- adjective vivid forming distinct and striking mental images: a vivid imagination. 1
- adjective vivid bright colours 1
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Origin of vivid
First appearance:
before 1630 One of the 42% oldest English words
1630-40; < Latin vīvidus lively, equivalent to vīv(ere) to live (see vital) + -idus -id4
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Parts of speech for Vivid
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vivid popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
vivid usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for vivid
adj vivid
- aglow — If something is aglow, it is shining and bright with a soft, warm light.
- anecdotic — anecdotal
- animated — Someone who is animated or who is having an animated conversation is lively and is showing their feelings.
- auroral — of or like the dawn.
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
adjective vivid
- colourful — Something that is colourful has bright colours or a lot of different colours.
- eloquent — Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
- expressive — Effectively conveying thought or feeling.
- fulgid — Scintillant, coruscant; marked by fleeting flashes of radiant light.
- gay — of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual: a gay couple. Antonyms: straight.
Antonyms for vivid
adj vivid
- achromic — colourless
- adumbral — shadowy
- aphotic — characterized by or growing in the absence of light
- characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
- cimmerian — very dark; gloomy
adjective vivid
- atramentous — similar to or as black as ink
- colourless — Something that is colourless has no colour at all.
- gluelike — Resembling glue or some aspect of it.
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