Synonyms for vivid
ˈvɪv ɪdvivid

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. vivid

   Synonyms:
   bright, brilliant, luminous, resplendent, lustrous, radiant, graphic, clear, lively, animated, stirring, striking, glowing, sunny, bright, scintillant

   Antonyms:
   dull, opaque, nonluminous, obscure, rayless, lurid, somber, nonreflecting, dim, dusky, cloudy, nebulous, pale, wan, caliginous

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. graphic, lifelike, pictorial, vividadjective

   evoking lifelike images within the mind

   "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description"

   Synonyms:
   graphical, graphic, natural, pictural, pictorial, bright, intense, lifelike, brilliant, in writing(p)

   Antonyms:
   colourless, colorless, unclear, unsaturated, unrealistic

2. vividadjective

   having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience

   "a vivid recollection"

   Synonyms:
   graphic, intense, brilliant, pictorial, bright, lifelike

   Antonyms:
   unclear, colourless, colorless, unsaturated, unrealistic

3. bright, brilliant, vividadjective

   having striking color

   "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage"

   Synonyms:
   shining, promising, hopeful, splendid, intense, smart, smart as a whip, lifelike, superb, brilliant, bright, lustrous, pictorial, burnished, brainy, graphic, magnificent, undimmed, glorious, shiny

   Antonyms:
   unclear, colourless, unrealistic, unsaturated, colorless

4. intense, vividadjective

   (of color) having the highest saturation

   "vivid green"; "intense blue"

   Synonyms:
   graphic, acute, pictorial, bright, intense, lifelike, brilliant

   Antonyms:
   unrealistic, colourless, unclear, colorless, unsaturated

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. vividadjective

   Synonyms:
   lively, sprightly, vigorous, animated, quick, active, strong

2. vividadjective

   Synonyms:
   bright, clear, lucid

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1. List of paraphrases for "vivid":

   lively, razor-sharp, life-like, alive, perennial, lifelike, vivo, intense, striking, impactful

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How to use vivid in a sentence?

1. Avi Mayer:

   While high-profile attacks such as those at the Jewish school in Toulouse in 2012, the Jewish museum in Brussels in 2014, and the kosher supermarket in Paris and the synagogue in Copenhagen last year have certainly been the most vivid instances of violence targeting French and European Jews, the French Jewish community has been living with a deep sense of insecurity for quite some time.

2. David Bennett:

   The Gemological Institute of America, the highest body for grading diamonds, have given this stone their highest possible grading, which is vivid pink, it's so strong the color. That makes it a very rare stone indeed, in fact it's the largest pear-shaped fancy vivid pink diamond ever to be offered at auction.

3. Nick Hague:

   We were violently shaken side to side, thrust back into our seats as the launch escape system ripped us away from the rocket, as all of that's happening, you're being shaken around, vision is blurry. I hear the alarm sounding and see the red light where the engine has had an emergency. I had the vivid realization we aren't making it to orbit today, we've been pulled off rocket and we have to land.

4. George Will:

   Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

5. Bruce Blair:

   Japan is the only place where there is a really vivid example of what the nuclear age means.