lifelike

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled life-like

US /ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk/ UK /ˈlaɪflaɪk/ See IPA manual

Freq #28303

Meanings

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adj
closely resembling a real living person, animal, scene, or event

The museum displayed a lifelike model of a woolly mammoth.

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Synonyms

1 adj · closely resembling a real... realistic naturalistictrue-to-lifevivid

Opposites

artificialstylizedunrealistic

Word family

Derived forms lifelikeness

Related forms realism naturalistic life

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Phrases (1)

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lifelike portrait
A picture of a person that closely resembles their real appearance.

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

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