What does vibrant mean?
Word: Vibrant
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Vibrant means full of life and energy. Of colours, it means bright and strong.
Synonyms: lively, energetic, bright, vivid
Antonyms: lifeless, drab
How do you spell vibrant?
Syllables: vi - brant
Tricky part: The ending is ant, not ent. Vibrent is the slip most often made, because the last vowel is barely heard.
Watch out for: vibrent, vibrunt, vibrint
Memory tip: Hidden at the end of vibrant is ant. Picture a busy ant colony, full of life from dawn to dusk, and you will keep the a.
Vibrant in a sentence
Example 1: The old market is loud and vibrant from morning till night.
Example 2: The artist painted the sunset in vibrant shades of orange and pink.
Example 3: Our school band gave a vibrant performance at the school concert.
Fun Fact
When vibrant came into English in the 1500s, it meant agitated or shaking, close to its Latin source, which meant shaking to and fro. The lively, bright-colour senses came much later.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
vibrant
a) crowded
b) cheerful
c) dull
d) colourful
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c) dull. Something dull has no spark or brightness, the opposite of a vibrant scene.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
v_b_ant
a) e, r
b) i, r
c) i, l
d) y, r
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b) i, r. Say it slowly, vi-brant: the first sound is the vi of violin, and br opens the second part.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) vibrant
b) dazzleing
c) colourfull
d) gorgeus
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a) vibrant. Colourful ends in a single l, dazzling drops the e before ing, and gorgeous keeps an e before ous.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rbantiv
a) brilliant
b) valiant
c) variant
d) vibrant
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d) vibrant. The jumble has a b and only one a, so variant and valiant are out, and brilliant would need two l's.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. An artist wants her school fair poster to look vibrant. Which set of paints should she pick?
a) dusty brown, khaki and slate grey
b) hot pink, lime green and sunny yellow
c) faded cream, ash and pale stone
d) pale grey, beige and off-white
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b) hot pink, lime green and sunny yellow
2. Which scene would a writer most likely call vibrant?
a) a silent library at closing
b) a crowded flower market
c) an empty bus stop at midnight
d) a dusty storeroom of old boxes
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b) a crowded flower market
