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

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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

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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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1. Benjamin Agati:

   You go back and talk to witnesses, especially here in the murder of Judith Whitney, and most of their memories are just as vivid today as they were then.

2. Anatole France:

   The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards; and curiosity itself can be vivid and wholesome only in proportion as the mind is contented and happy.

3. Jason Garrett:

   Obviously, it's a tragic time in our country's history and just having been here, the memories are really vivid for me. I can remember so many specific details of the day and certainly the week and the time to follow. It just was a really, really sad time. One of the great takeaways – I actually was talking to Kerry Collins about this the other night — it was just amazing how this area and our country, in many ways our world, came together after 9/11.

4. Donnacha Dennehy:

   They should be collected for schoolchildren, they're the most vivid contemporary accounts.

5. Joe Novotny:

   All of a sudden, in the Chamber directly in front of me, I see a man walk in front of me. I look up immediately to see who it is. And there was nobody there, it's also one of those things where you tell yourself, ‘Is this real?’ It was vivid. It was vivid enough that it made me take notice. And it made me feel like I wasn't alone.