Meaning

3 senses
  1. Clear, detailed, or powerful.

    lebendig, lebhaft, anschaulich

    живо́йživój, я́сныйjásnyj

  2. Bright, intense, or colourful.

    я́ркийjárkij

  3. Full of life; strikingly alive.

More definitions
  • having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience
  • (of color) having the highest saturation
  • having strong or striking color
  • evoking lifelike images within the mind

Examples

67 sentences
  1. The colors are vivid.

    Кольори живі. — rmdas

  2. Tom has a vivid imagination.

    У Тома багата уява. — shanghainese

    ruУ Тома яркое воображение. — Lenin_1917

    deTom hat eine lebhafte Phantasie. — wolfgangth

  3. He has a very vivid imagination.

    ruУ него очень яркое воображение. — sobr_vamp

    deEr hat eine sehr lebendige Fantasie. — raggione

  4. I've got a pretty vivid imagination.

  5. Tom has a very vivid imagination.

    ruУ Тома очень живое воображение. — marafon

    deTom hat eine sehr lebendige Fantasie. — wolfgangth

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
clear, detailed or powerful:
bright, intense or colourful:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
clear, detailed or powerful:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin

Learned borrowing from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

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Forms

more vivid/vivider, most vivid/vividest
Comparativemore vivid / vivider Lesson
Superlativemost vivid / vividest Lesson

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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