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

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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1. Jason Garrett:

   We felt a real burden and a responsibility to have success for this area and for the people who were going through such challenging times, and I thought that moment captured it where we all kind of came together, it's still one of my favorite pictures I've ever had in football. I have it in my office. I have it at my house. So many distinct memories of that time. Twenty years later, I mean, they're vivid. They're vivid and you can still feel them. Obviously, a very tragic time in our country's history.

2. Sergey Lavrov:

   The attempt of Americans to build a unipolar world did not succeed, they understand it. The whole world understands that you can't do without Russia. The very fact of a meeting and dialogue is a vivid confirmation of it. Honor and praise to President Vladimir V. Putin for being able to strengthen Russia's authority in the international arena so that no matter how the Americans and the EU try to exist in confrontation with us, to pressure us with sanctions, they still have to look for ways of getting closer with us. They all still have to come to Russia.

3. Michael Proffitt:

   The inclusion in OED of a number of words coined by or associated with Roald Dahl reflects both Roald Dahl influence as an author and Roald Dahl vivid and distinctive style, for many children Roald Dahl’s work is not only one of their first experiences of reading, but also their earliest exposure to the creative power of language.

4. 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.

5. George Will:

   Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.