vivid

/ˈvɪvɪd/

/ˈvɪvɪd/

Other forms: vividest; vivider

Vivid is an adjective that describes a bold and bright color, an intense feeling, or an image in your mind that is so clear you can almost touch it.

Sometimes you have a vivid dream that feels so real that even when you wake up, you can’t tell if the dream is really over. In that dream, perhaps there were flowers with deep, rich, and vivid colors that looked like they were painted. Vivid comes from the Latin vivere, which means “to live,” and vivid memories do seem to live on.

Definitions of vivid

1. adjective

   having striking color
   “a bird with vivid plumage”

   synonyms: bright, brilliant

   colorful, colourful

   having striking color
2. adjective

   (of color) having the highest saturation
   “vivid green”

   synonyms: intense

   pure, saturated

   (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
3. adjective

   evoking lifelike images within the mind
   “a vivid description”

   synonyms: graphic, lifelike, pictorial

   objectivist, objectivistic, realistic

   aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are
4. adjective

   having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience
   “a vivid recollection”

   synonyms:

   clear

   readily apparent to the mind