Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Pulsing or throbbing with energy or activity: the vibrant streets of a big city.
- adj. Vigorous, lively, and vital: "a vibrant group that challenged the . . . system” ( Philip Taubman).
- adj. Exhibiting or characterized by rapid, rhythmic movement back and forth or to and fro; vibrating.
- adj. Produced as a result of vibration; resonant or resounding: vibrant voices.
- adj. Relatively high on the scale of brightness: a vibrant hue.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Vibrating; agitated; specifically, vibrating so as to produce sound: as, a vibrant string.
- Of sounds, resonant; sonorous; characterized by a perceptible vibration; sometimes, tremulous.
Wiktionary
- adj. Pulsing with energy or activity
- adj. Lively and vigorous
- adj. Vibrating, resonant or resounding
- adj. of a colour bright
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Vibrating; tremulous; resonant.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of colors that are bright and striking
- adj. vigorous and animated
- adj. of sounds that are strong and resonating
Etymologies
- From French vibrant, from Latin vibrans, present participle of vibrare ("to vibrate"); see vibrate. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The participants sit in a state of what I call vibrant equality.”
The Huffington Post: Robert Koehler: Building Community, Building Peace
“BLITZER: In our strategy session today, President Bush was out heralding what he called the vibrant state of the U.S. economy.”
“The past year has been a boon for corporate profits, but now a laboring U.S. economy and burdened consumers mean companies with strong international operations, particularly in vibrant Asian economies, will have a marked advantage over those with limited business overseas.”
The Wall Street Journal: Firms Get More Profits Outside U.S.
“The high quality, machine washable fabrics they choose have stunning, eye-catching designs in vibrant colors.”
“Made from 96% organic cotton and 4% lycra, the boy-cut style undies come in vibrant colors thanks to low-impact dyes.”
“Her bold compositions were executed in vibrant colours; her embroidery frequently used stylised plants.”
Carl and Karin Larsson: An Artistic Partnership that Celebrates Family
“In Mexican architecture, interior walls bathed in vibrant hues are given texture with the addition of colonial style stencil patterns or wainscots in contrasting colors.”
“I have long envied people who were able to create and maintain vibrant, Crayola-style hair colors, because I am not typically one of those people.”
“There are long fold-outs showing the spine, the chest, other parts, and full-page color plates with every bit of the body in vibrant color, cross-sectioned and labelled.”
“The Schreiber seemed the perfect metaphor for the work as well, nestled quietly in vibrant colors on Magnolia St. While the entire district of North Hollywood, or NoHo as the banners call it, seemed to be waking up as the sun set, the Schreiber sat modestly without a large placard or signs.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘vibrant’.
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bbc uk china vocab.
conservationists, estimate, threats, infertility, eating away at, endangered, furry, panel, in trouble, gongs, triumphed, caps and 1007 more...
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Fairylike
fairylike, enchanted, pixieish, pixyish, impish, mischievous, fluttery, magical, bewitching, enchanting, fey, otherworldly and 126 more...
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POL - What is Mitt talking about?
Key terms from Mitt Romney's election campaign
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my fab list
blowsabella, aperçu, froideur, salubrious, abject, gallipot, mumchance, wainscot, virago, macerate, lascivious, clandestine and 181 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Rococo
Words that describe the decadent Rococo art of the early 18th Century
Baroque, hedonistic, sensuality, pretty, elaborate, flirtation, chauvinistic, cupid, decorative, playful, vibrant, exuberant and 31 more...
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geo-analitical description
words descriptive of nature
apex, aura, geometrical, illuminous, ambience, twilite, ember, angulation, jurassic, aclimatized, elevated, galaxy and 5 more...
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Scete
Words that move one
vibrant, nourished, sensuousness, imagination, quotidian, reverence, hubris, radiance, kudzu, meridional, septentrionals, avuncular and 1 more...
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Kalli's Words
redundant, munchkin, escapade, natch, boom, fap, geek, nocturnal, pedantic, tactile, conversant, oxymoron and 188 more...
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Words
My list of words.
veritable, facetious, nadir, quixotic, apropos, acquiesce, ostensible, insipid, egregious, inveterate, coax, adroit and 409 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Enlightened
now, excellent, present, enlightenment, pellucid, illuminate, vibrant, capital
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fifi
verbs Adj Adv noun
indulge, convene, solve, dissolve, prospect, prospective, allege, resolve, accountable, administration, amid, agenda and 407 more...
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Misc. Words.
Words I like to use, words I like but may forget.
corrosion, astonish, solace, ferment, continuum, kinesthetic, permeate, repose, caprice, cardinal, discourse, surrender and 610 more...
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Rilakkuma's list
The Velvetine Ruffians
gamine, waif, ruffian, villain, rake, libertine, velvetine, luminary, nom de plume, street urchin, epicurean, eventide and 256 more...
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My Words
Words that I use regularly and consider mine.
zen, poser, savvy, angst, flustered, bitter, whatsoever, farfetched, indeed, scenario, inevitable, salvage and 134 more...
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