lifelike

[ lahyf-lahyk ]

adjective

1. resembling or simulating real life:

   a lifelike portrait.

lifelike

/ ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk /

adjective

1. closely resembling or representing life

Derived Forms

• ˈlifeˌlikeness, noun

Other Words From

• lifelikeness noun
• un·lifelike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of lifelike¹

First recorded in 1605–15; life + -like

Example Sentences

Investigators hope the lifelike hologram will help jog memories and draw attention to the unsolved murder.

From BBC

And I think that’s very lifelike, and I think it’s very representative of that film.

From Los Angeles Times

It is not always lifelike, but in the way it goes on, it is not unlike life.

From Los Angeles Times

One is rendered in a lifelike fashion, the other is a simply drawn cartoon, his smiling face just a few squiggly lines.

From Los Angeles Times

He found ways of presenting human bodies in his videos that were utterly lifelike but in a kind of suspended state of neither here nor there.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• authentic