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5 : BRIGHT <~ colors>

Synonyms

[2] alive, animated, astir, busy, lively—more at ALIVE

[4] golden, resonant, resounding, ringing, round, sonorous—more at RESONANT

vi·bra·phone noun : a percussion instrument like the xylophone but with metal bars and motor-driven resonators

vi·brate verb vi·brat·ed; vi·brat·ing 1 : OSCILLATE

2 : to set in vibration

3 : to be in vibration : QUIVER

4 : WAVER, FLUCTUATE

5 : to respond sympathetically : THRILL

Synonyms

agitate, convulse, jolt, jounce, quake, quiver, shake, shudder, wobble—more at SHAKE

vi·bra·tion noun 1 : a rapid to-and-fro motion of the particles of an elastic body or medium (as a stretched cord) that produces sound

2 : an act of vibrating : OSCILLATION

3 : a trembling motion

4 : VACILLATION

5 : a feeling or impression that someone or something gives off — usu. used in pl.

— vi·bra·tion·al adjective

Synonyms

oscillation, quivering; also jiggle, palpitation, shake, shudder, tremor, twitch

vi·bra·to noun, plural -tos [ORIGIN: It]

: a slightly tremulous effect imparted to vocal or instrumental music

vi·bra·tor noun : one that vibrates or causes vibration; especially : a vibrating electrical device used in massage or for sexual stimulation

vi·bra·to·ry adjective : consisting of, capable of, or causing vibration

vi·bur·num noun : any of a genus of widely distributed shrubs or small trees related to the honeysuckle and bearing small usu. white flowers in broad clusters

vic abbreviation vicinity

Vic abbreviation Victoria

vic·ar noun 1 : an administrative deputy

2 : a minister in charge of a church who serves under the authority of another minister

— vi·car·i·ate noun

vic·ar·age noun : a vicar's home

vicar–general noun, plural vicars–general : an administrative deputy (as of a Roman Catholic or Anglican bishop)

vi·car·i·ous adjective [ORIGIN: L vicarius, fr. vicis change, alternation, stead]

1 : acting for another

2 : done or suffered by one person on behalf of another or others

3 : sharing in someone else's experience through the use of the imagination or sympathetic feelings

— vi·car·i·ous·ly adverb

— vi·car·i·ous·ness noun

1vice noun 1 : moral depravity or corruption

2 : a moral fault or failing

3 : a habitual usu. trivial fault

4 : an undesirable behavior pattern in a domestic animal

Synonyms

[1] corruption, debauchery, depravity, immorality, iniquity, licentiousness, sin; also bad, badness, blackness, evil, ill, wickedness, wrong, villainy; atrociousness, heinousness, sinfulness, unscrupulousness, viciousness, vileness; devilry; debasement, degeneracy, degeneration, dissolution; indecency, lasciviousness, lewdness, looseness, perversion; abomination, anathema, taboo; criminality; baseness, dirtiness, lowness, meanness; lousiness, miserableness, wretchedness

Antonyms

morality, virtue

[2] demerit, failing, fault, foible, frailty, shortcoming, weakness—more at FAULT

2vice chiefly British variant of VISE

3vice preposition : in the place of; also : rather than

vice admiral noun : a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a rear admiral

vice·ge·rent noun : an administrative deputy of a king or magistrate

— vice·ge·ren·cy noun

vi·cen·ni·al adjective : occurring once every 20 years

vice presidency noun : the office of vice president

vice president noun 1 : an officer ranking next to a president and usu. empowered to act for the president during an absence or disability

2 : any of several of a president's deputies

vice·re·gal adjective : of or relating to a viceroy

vice·roy noun : the governor of a country or province who rules as representative of the sovereign

— vice·roy·al·ty noun

vice ver·sa adverb : with the order reversed

vi·chys·soise noun [ORIGIN: F]

: a soup made esp. from leeks or onions and potatoes, cream, and chicken stock and usu. served cold

vic·i·nage noun : a neighboring or surrounding district : VICINITY