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VIVID
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of color) having the highest saturation
Example:
intense blue
Synonyms:
intense; vivid
Classified under:
Similar:
pure; saturated ((of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black)
Derivation:
vividness (chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having strong or striking color
Example:
a bird with vivid plumage
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
colorful; colourful (having much or varied color)
Derivation:
vividness (chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience
Example:
a vivid recollection
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
clear (readily apparent to the mind)
Derivation:
vividness (interest and variety and intensity)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Evoking lifelike images within the mind
Example:
a vivid description
Synonyms:
graphic; lifelike; pictorial; vivid
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
realistic (aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are)
Derivation:
vividness (interest and variety and intensity)
Context examples:
In the summer of this year we made a journey to Transylvania, and went over the old ground which was, and is, to us so full of vivid and terrible memories.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
A roar of acclamation greeted the four adventurers as they appeared, high above the heads of the people, under the vivid electric lamps outside the hall.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He had thought of Jo in reaching after the thorny red rose, for vivid flowers became her, and she had often worn ones like that from the greenhouse at home.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A thousand times this occurred, and each time the terror it inspired was as vivid and great as ever.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Analyzing the crystal structure of pigments based on hibonite, a mineral found in meteorites, Subramanian has paved the way for more pigments with vivid hues that are stable, durable and non-toxic.
(Chemists find path to 'new blue' in meteorite minerals, National Science Foundation)
Every shade of colour they were—straw, lemon, orange, brick, Irish-setter, liver, clay; but, as Spaulding said, there were not many who had the real vivid flame-coloured tint.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My imagination was vivid, yet my powers of analysis and application were intense; by the union of these qualities I conceived the idea and executed the creation of a man.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
You may have vivid, prophetic dreams or feel highly intuitive about certain people that are coming into your life.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
This was a blessing, bright, vivid, and exhilarating;—not like the ponderous gift of gold: rich and welcome enough in its way, but sobering from its weight.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Using this series of far-ultraviolet images from Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, it is possible for scientists to create videos that demonstrate the movement of the vivid auroras, which cover areas bigger than Earth.
(Hubble Captures Vivid Auroras in Jupiter’s Atmosphere, NASA)
