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Definition of vivid : 1. evoking lifelike images within the mind; " pictorial poetry and prose"; " graphic accounts of battle"; " a lifelike portrait"; " a vivid description"
2. Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination.
3. True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors.

Synonyms:

expressive, undimmed, delineated, broad-brush, extensive, ablaze, shiny, broad, visual, elaborate, graphic, 101, magnificent, colors, acute, smart, cold, burnished, vigorous, detailed, promising, blow-by-blow, specific, strong, graphical, words, gay, chintzy, clean, splendid, striking, lively, pictorial, colourful, brainy, photographic, edited, clear, bold, bleached, saturated, glorious, brash, smart as a whip, superb, hopeful, in writing, pure, picturesque, general, color-coded, pictural, descriptive, definite

glaring, phosphorescent, flashing, blinding, lucid, beaming, gleaming, lustrous, radiant, glinting, lurid, scintillating, glowing, glistening, luminescent, dazzling, glittering, illuminating, well lit, radiating, blazing, garish, bright, incandescent, neon, shining, flaring, brilliant, sparkling, shimmering, fluorescent, luminous, fiery

faithful, natural, realistic, lifelike, exact

full-colored, inky, chromatic, rich, shaded, intense, florid, hued, stained, colored, gaudy, painted, spectral, dyed, rainbow-like, tinted, colorful, bright-hued, high-colored

Usage examples:

• He leaned against a crooked old gate- post that as a boy he had climbed, and the thought came to him that this spot would all his life be vivid and poignant in his memory. - "The Desert of Wheat", Zane Grey.
• It is said by his son that " the memory of this day always remained vivid to him. - "Curiosities of Impecuniosity", H. G. Somerville.
• Nor did her full face- now that my confusion had passed away and I was capable of close observation- give the same vivid impression of beauty made by her profile. - "A Day Of Fate", E. P. Roe.