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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intense, powerful |
| Synonyms: | active, animated, bright, brilliant, clear, colorful, definite, distinct, dramatic, dynamic, eloquent, energetic, expressive, flamboyant, gay, glowing, graphic, highly colored, lifelike, lively, lucid, meaningful, memorable, picturesque, realistic, resplendent, rich, sharp, shining, spirited, stirring, striking, strong, telling, theatrical, true-to-life, vigorous |
| Antonyms: | dull, weak |
| Main Entry: | bold |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, striking |
| Synonyms: | clear, colorful, conspicuous, definite, evident, eye-catching, flashy, forceful, lively, loud, manifest, plain, prominent, pronounced, showy, spirited, strong, vivid |
| Antonyms: | faint, fair, light |
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shining, glowing in appearance |
| Synonyms: | ablaze, aglow, alight, argent, auroral, beaming, blazing, brilliant, burning, burnished, coruscating, dazzling, effulgent, flashing, fulgent, fulgid, glaring, gleaming, glistening, glittering, glossy, golden, illuminated, illumined, incandescent, intense, irradiated, lambent, light, lighted, limpid, luminous, lustrous, mirrorlike, moonlit, phosphorescent, polished, radiant, relucent, resplendent, scintillating, shimmering, shiny, silvery, sparkling, sunlit, sunny, twinkling, vivid |
| Antonyms: | dark, dreary, dull, obscure, somber |
| Main Entry: | brilliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shining, glowing in appearance |
| Synonyms: | ablaze, bright, clinquant, coruscating, dazzling, effulgent, flashy, fulgent, gleaming, glittering, glossy, incandescent, intense, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, scintillating, showy, sparkling, vivid |
| Antonyms: | dark, dull, dulled |
| Main Entry: | colorful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brilliant, intensely hued |
| Synonyms: | bright, chromatic, flashy, florid, gaudy, gay, hued, intense, jazzy, kaleidoscopic, loud, motley, multicolored, picturesque, prismatic, psychedelic, rich, showy, splashy, variegated, vibrant, vivid |
| Antonyms: | colorless, drab, dreary, faded, plain, uncolored, uncolorful |
| Main Entry: | colorful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full of life, interesting |
| Synonyms: | brave, characterful, distinctive, flaky*, gay, glamorous, graphic, jazzy, lively, picturesque, rich, stimulating, unusual, vivid |
| Antonyms: | boring, dull, lifeless, plain, uninteresting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deep |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intense in effect on senses |
| Synonyms: | alto, baritone, bass, booming, contralto, dark, extreme, full-toned, grave, great, hard, low, low-pitched, low-toned, profound, resonant, rich, sonorous, strong, vivid |
| Antonyms: | light, pale, quiet, soft |
| Main Entry: | definite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exact, clear |
| Synonyms: | audible, bold, categorical, clean-cut, clear-cut, clearly defined, complete, crisp, definitive, determined, distinct, distinguishable, downright, explicit, express, fixed, forthright, full, graphic, incisive, marked, minute, not vague, obvious, palpable, particular, plain, positive, precise, pronounced, ringing, severe, sharp, silhouetted, specific, straightforward, tangible, unambiguous, undubitable, unequivocal, unmistakable, visible, vivid, well-defined, well-grounded, well-marked |
| Notes: | definite means 'precise and unmistakable,' 'clear, sharply delineated'; definitive means 'final and conclusive,' 'complete, final, ultimate' - so a definitive example is a perfect example |
| Antonyms: | imprecise, indefinite, indistinct, inexact, not clear, obscure, uncertain, unclear, undefined, vague |
| Main Entry: | descriptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explanatory |
| Synonyms: | anecdotic, characteristic, characterizing, circumstantial, classificatory, clear, definitive, delineative, depictive, describing, designating, detailed, eloquent, explicative, expository, expressive, extended, graphic, identifying, illuminating, illuminative, illustrative, indicative, interpretive, lifelike, narrative, particularized, pictorial, picturesque, revealing, specific, true to life, vivid |
| Antonyms: | confusing, cursory, undescriptive |
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