Meanings
adjectivevibrant (comparative more vibrant, superlative most vibrant)
comparative more vibrant · superlative most vibrant
- Vibrating, resonant or resounding.
A vibrant voice in the true sense is of course desirable
1905, David Thomas Ffrangcon-Davies, The Singing of the Future, J. Lane, page 2581 more example
Mock their pale vigils, void and vain, / Whether, more curious than humane, / Like Augurs old, they pore / On the still-vibrant fibre's frame;
1770, Anthony Champion, “The Empire of Love. / A Philosophical Poem.”, in Miscellanies, in Verse and Prose, English and Latin, T. Bensley, for J. White, page 111Synonyms: booming
nounvibrant (plural vibrants)
plural vibrants
- human sciencesAny of a class of consonants including taps and trills.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePulsing with energy or activity.
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adjectiveVibrating, resonant or resounding.
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More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof sounds that are strong and resonating
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian пулсиращ, вибриращ
- пулсиращ (pulsirašt)pulsing with energy or activity
- вибриращ (vibrirašt)vibrating, resonant or resounding
- резониращ (rezonirašt)vibrating, resonant or resounding
Danish pulserende, livlig
- pulserendepulsing with energy or activity
- livliglively and vigorous
- kviklively and vigorous
- vibrerendevibrating, resonant or resounding
- svingendevibrating, resonant or resounding
- strålendevibrating, resonant or resounding
Dutch energiek, levendig
- energiekpulsing with energy or activity
- levendiglively and vigorous
- kwieklively and vigorous
Finnish elämää sykkivä, voimaa pursuava
- elämää sykkiväpulsing with energy or activity
- voimaa pursuavapulsing with energy or activity
- eloisalively and vigorous
- värisevävibrating, resonant or resounding
- värähtelevävibrating, resonant or resounding
- väräjöivävibrating, resonant or resounding
German dynamisch, pulsierend
- dynamischpulsing with energy or activity
- pulsierendpulsing with energy or activity
- lebendiglively and vigorous
- lebhaftlively and vigorous
- lebenssprühendlively and vigorous
- kräftiglively and vigorous
- vibrierendvibrating, resonant or resounding
- schwingendvibrating, resonant or resounding
- strahlendvibrating, resonant or resounding
Hindi जीवंत
- जीवंत (jīvant)lively and vigorous
Italian energico, operoso
- energicopulsing with energy or activity
- operosopulsing with energy or activity
- vivacelively and vigorous
- vigorosolively and vigorous
- effervescentevibrating, resonant or resounding
Latvian enerģisks, možs
- enerģiskspulsing with energy or activity
- možspulsing with energy or activity
- mundrspulsing with energy or activity
- kustīgspulsing with energy or activity
- možslively and vigorous
- mundrslively and vigorous
- žirgtslively and vigorous
- spirgtslively and vigorous
- kustīgslively and vigorous
- ņiprslively and vigorous
Malay bersemangat, bertenaga
- bersemangatpulsing with energy or activity
- bertenagapulsing with energy or activity
- bersemangatlively and vigorous
- bertenagalively and vigorous
- bergetarvibrating, resonant or resounding
- terang(of a colour) bright
- ceria(of a colour) bright
Māori ngangahau, ngangahau
- ngangahaupulsing with energy or activity
- ngangahaulively and vigorous
Norwegian Bokmål pulserende
- pulserendepulsing with energy or activity
Polish dynamiczny, wibrujący
- dynamicznypulsing with energy or activity
- wibrującypulsing with energy or activity
- pulsującypulsing with energy or activity
- drgającypulsing with energy or activity
- dygocącypulsing with energy or activity
- dynamicznylively and vigorous
- pełen energiilively and vigorous
- ekscytującyvibrating, resonant or resounding
- podniecającyvibrating, resonant or resounding
- żywy(of a colour) bright
- intensywny(of a colour) bright
- jaskrawy(of a colour) bright
- wibrantphonetics
Russian живо́й, живо́й
- живо́й (živój)pulsing with energy or activity
- живо́й (živój)lively and vigorous
- резони́рующий (rezonírujuščij)vibrating, resonant or resounding
Spanish vibrante, vibrante
- vibrantepulsing with energy or activity
- vibrantelively and vigorous
- vibrantevibrating, resonant or resounding
Swedish färgsprakande, intensiv
- färgsprakande(of a colour) bright
- intensiv(of a colour) bright
Turkish hayat dolu, hareketli
- hayat dolupulsing with energy or activity
- hareketlipulsing with energy or activity
- canlılively and vigorous
- enerjiklively and vigorous
- güçlülively and vigorous
- coşkunlively and vigorous
- ateşlilively and vigorous
- çınlayanvibrating, resonant or resounding
- çınlayıcıvibrating, resonant or resounding
- titreşenvibrating, resonant or resounding
- titreşimlivibrating, resonant or resounding
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