lifelike B2 Topic:Describing Qualities Also spelled life-like US /ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk/ UK /ˈlaɪflaɪk/ See IPA manual Freq #28303 Meanings 1 adj closely resembling a real living person, animal, scene, or event The museum displayed a lifelike model of a woolly mammoth. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · closely resembling a real... realisticnaturalistictrue-to-lifevivid ↔ Opposites artificialstylizedunrealistic Word family Derived forms lifelikeness Related forms realismnaturalisticlife Common collocations lifelike portrait Adjective + noun Etymology A compound of life + -like, meaning 'having the appearance or qualities of life.' It has described realistic representations since the seventeenth century. Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # lifelike **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈlaɪflaɪk/ **Frequency rank:** 28303 ## Meanings 1. closely resembling a real living person, animal, scene, or event ## Examples - The museum displayed a lifelike model of a woolly mammoth. ## Synonyms - realistic - naturalistic - true-to-life - vivid ## Antonyms - artificial - stylized - unrealistic ## Derived Forms - lifelikeness ## Related Forms - realism - naturalistic - life ## Roots and Affixes - Affix: -like - resembling ## Etymology A compound of life + -like, meaning 'having the appearance or qualities of life.' It has described realistic representations since the seventeenth century. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown