Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Full of animation and spirit; lively: a charming and vivacious host.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Perennial: sometimes applied to plants which live from year to year.
- Having vigorous powers of life; long-lived; tenacious of life.
- Lively; active; sprightly in temper or conduct; proceeding from or characterized by sprightliness.
- Synonyms Animated, brisk, gay, merry, jocund, lighthearted, sportive, frolicsome. See animation.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived.
- adj. Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry.
- adj. Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. vigorous and animated
Etymologies
- From Latin vīvāx, vīvāc-, from vīvere, to live; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“I detest them all!" replied she, shaking her bright ringlets in vivacious scorn.”
“The project started in 2004, when Ms. Barron realized that even though her mother was slipping away, one way to bring her back to recall the vivacious, pleasantly eccentric mother she remembered from her childhood was to tag along as her mother went into her closet and through her clothes.”
“She was known as a vivacious hostess, but in the memoir she mostly shows up playing solitaire or watching soap operas in bed while her husband, who will have his own serious health problems, keeps a hectic schedule.”
The Washington Post: In new book, David Eisenhower, wife Julie mine memories of Ike's twilight years
“Two-time Emmy nominee, Debbie Matenopoulos is most well-known as the vivacious beauty who dishes the latest in celebrity news, style and entertainment.”
“D. is ordinarily what is known as a vivacious person.”
“She is usually classed as intelligent because she is vivacious, that is, her mind follows the trend of things quickly, and she marshals whatever she knows very readily.”
“One of the so-called vivacious type of Viennese of the lower class, smiling a conscious smile, her hair elaborately waved and dressed, her figure high-busted, narrow-waisted; earrings, chains, bracelets.”
“What does your sister do for entertainment?" asked his questioner, recalling the vivacious little face under the hat with the saucy bronze quills.”
“Not what I should call a vivacious man," said Mangles, looking dismally across the room.”
“Francesca is what you might call a vivacious person," he said.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘vivacious’.
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Fairylike
fairylike, enchanted, pixieish, pixyish, impish, mischievous, fluttery, magical, bewitching, enchanting, fey, otherworldly and 126 more...
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henryar's list
marmoleum, menagerie, cyan, ochre, pilfer, discombobulate, loquacious, iridescent, amethyst, derelict, botulism, equilibrium and 240 more...
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The weird, the wonderful and the plain hilarious
Loved for their ingenuity, an exact description, or simply for the pure joy of it.
acidulous, aprosdoketon, higgledy-piggledy, lexicographical, ninja, audacious, somnabulist, shivaree, amorphous, quidnunc, glib, melancholy and 353 more...
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Energetic
braze, raze, brisance, brisant, rive, catalyze, whipsaw, crack, actinic, sublimate, animate, vitalize and 88 more...
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October Words-10033
During the month of October, post at least 10 new words to this list. Make sure you cite where you read the word (book/author/pg) and quote the context/sentence where you found it. If someone has a...
bedel, nirvana, colloquialisms, Porcine, proletariat, Xanadu, decorous, bourgeois, unencumbered, gratis, cosseted, Brank and 30 more...
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3 words to describe yourself
for interview what words would you use?? dont use the typical words
vivacious, sprightly, adroit, dexterous, personable, insightful, quixotic
Des "Deal With It!" Author: Paula White pg.31
This phrase "beautiful of form also means lively, vivacious, and extremely attractive. Nov 1, 2010