Vivid has 6 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Noun
1
A felt-tipped permanent marker.
"I used a vivid to write my name on the whiteboard so everyone could see it clearly."
"The vivid was her most treasured possession from childhood."
Adjective
1
evoking lifelike images within the mind
"pictorial poetry and prose"
"graphic accounts of battle"
"a lifelike portrait"
"a vivid description"
2
having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience
"a vivid recollection"
3
having strong or striking color
"bright dress"
"brilliant tapestries"
"a bird with vivid plumage"
4
(of color) having the highest saturation
"vivid green"
"intense blue"
5
Clear, detailed or powerful.
"The vivid colors of the sunset painted a breathtaking scene across the sky."
In plain English: Vivid means something is so clear and bright that you can easily imagine it happening right now.
"The vivid colors in her painting immediately caught everyone's attention."
Example Sentences
"The vivid colors in her painting immediately caught everyone's attention."
adj
"The vivid was her most treasured possession from childhood."
noun
"The vivid of his memory brought the red dress back to life instantly."
noun
"She offered such a vivid description that I could see the whole scene in my mind."
noun
"His vivid imagination created entire worlds from simple drawings on paper."
noun
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Origin
The word "vivid" comes from the Latin vividus, meaning animated or spirited, which itself derives from vivere, to live. While its original definition has remained consistent in English, a separate noun sense referring to a type of marker pen emerged through genericization of Bic's Vivid Marker brand.