Vivid

Meaning

Vivid means producing strong, clear, and detailed images or feelings in the mind. It can also describe colors that are extremely bright and intense, or memories that remain unusually clear.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɪv.ɪd/

Word Forms

• Adjective: vivid
• Adverb: vividly
• Noun: vividness

Synonyms

Antonyms

Common Collocations

• vivid imagination — an ability to form very clear and detailed mental images.
• vivid memory — a memory that remains extremely clear and detailed.
• vivid description — a description that creates a strong mental image.
• vivid colors — colors that are extremely bright and intense.
• vivid dream — a dream that seems unusually real and detailed.
• vivid image — a very clear and powerful mental or visual image.

Example Sentences

• She has a vivid imagination and often creates entire worlds in her stories.
• I still have a vivid memory of my first day at school.
• The author gives a vivid description of the city.
• The painting is filled with vivid colors.
• He had a vivid dream that stayed with him throughout the day.

Literary Example

Example:

“How blue it was, the colouring of sea and sky! Both were so vividly blue, the note of each so deep, so intense, one seemed almost intoxicated with colour.”

— Victoria Cross, Five Nights

Here, vivid describes the extraordinary intensity and clarity of the blue color. The narrator's use of vividly, the adverbial form of vivid, emphasizes how striking and visually powerful the scene appears.

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