vivid
/ˈvɪvɪd/
vivid adjective: clear, detailed, or powerful.
Adjective
vivid (comparative more vivid or vivider, superlative most vivid or vividest)
- Clear, detailed, or powerful.
- Bright, intense, or colourful.
- Whenever the locomotive was working hard there was unmistakable evidence of its higher power than its predecessors in the brilliant and explosive arcing between conductor shoes and the third rail; this was particularly vivid in Quarry Tunnel in the down direction, where the display equalled...1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125
- The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- Full of life; strikingly alive.
- The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 32, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
Noun
vivid (plural vivids)
- A felt-tipped permanent marker; a marker pen.
vivid meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
vivid in Hindi
- clear, detailed or powerful
- सुस्पष्ट suspaṣṭa, सजीव sajīv, जीवंत jīvant
- bright, intense or colourful
- चमकीला camkīlā
vivid in Tamil
- ஒளிர்வுமிக்க, ஒள்ளிய, விளக்கமான, ஒளிமயமான, விரிவு
vivid in Urdu
- vivid
- چمکیلا camkīlā, اججول ujjval
vivid in Bengali
- vivid, glowing
- জ্বলন্ত jolonto
More languagesFewer languages
- vivid in Malayalam
- ഉജ്ജ്വല, സജീവ, വ്യക്തമായി കാണാവുന്ന
- vivid in Kannada
- ಎದ್ದುಕಾಣುವ, ಮಿಡುಕುವ, ಹೊಳೆಯುವ
- vivid in Sinhala
- වර්ණවත් warṇawat
- vivid in Vietnamese
- sống động
Examples of vivid in a sentence
- Her song enraptured the audience with vivid images of the Scandinavian landscapes.
- Though he had never been to art school, he intuitively painted vivid landscapes.
- He is known for his somnambulation, as well as his vivid sleep-talking.
Forms of vivid
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more vivid |
| comparative | vivider |
| superlative | most vivid |
| superlative | vividest |
| Noun | |
| plural | vivids |
Origin of vivid
Learned borrowing from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”). The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from Bic's Vivid Marker brand.
Words formed from vivid
Words that rhyme with vivid
Questions about vivid
- What does vivid mean?
- Vivid means clear, detailed, or powerful.
- What is vivid in Hindi?
- Vivid in Hindi is सुस्पष्ट (suspaṣṭa), सजीव (sajīv), जीवंत (jīvant). See Vivid meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vivid?
- Vivid can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce vivid?
- Vivid is pronounced /ˈvɪvɪd/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: vivid (page history and authors); vivid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اججول (Urdu) (page history and authors); জ্বলন্ত (Bengali) (page history and authors); vivid (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vivid (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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