Words / B2

VYBR-uh-nt/ˈvaɪbrənt/

Vibrant means full of energy, colour, and life: a vibrant city; vibrant colours. Lively is everyday; vivid is often colour or memory; energetic (this batch) is more about a person's activity. Calling a high street vibrant is not analysis; quote footfall or the land-use mix. Mix-up: vibrant vs vibrate; vibrant vs violent; do not write vibrant for a quiet street with no evidence in the source.

Meaning

Full of energy, colour, and life.

Examples

• “Calling a high street vibrant is not analysis; quote footfall or the land-use mix.”
• “Vibrant costumes featured in the still, which is the colour sense — still name the palette if given.”

Good to know

a vibrant city / community / colour. Close: lively / vivid. Contrast: energetic (this batch, personal energy). Trap: vibrate / violent / a mood with no figure. Geography, art, and media. Energy and colour — quote the evidence.

Near in meaning

lively, vivid, dynamic

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