vibrant
/ˈvaɪbɹənt/adjective, noun
vibrant is an adjective meaning “Pulsing with energy or activity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-B-R-A-N-T and has 2 syllables, and it appears 4.7 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vibrant mean?
adjective
- 1
Pulsing with energy or activity.
He has a vibrant personality.
- 2
Lively and vigorous.
- 3
Vibrating, resonant or resounding.
- 4
Bright.
noun
- 1
Any of a class of consonants including taps and trills.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vibrant?
- /ˈvaɪbɹənt/
Vibrant has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-vibrant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vibrant
- more vibrant comparative
- most vibrant superlative
- vibrants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vibrant?
Vibrant appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Vibrant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | dynamisch, pulsierend , lebendig, lebhaft, lebenssprühend, kräftig |
| Spanish | vibrante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vibrant come from?
From French vibrant, from Latin vibrans, present participle of vibrare (“to vibrate”). See vibrate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).