lifelike
/'laiflaik/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Resembling real life or a living being: Describes something that appears very similar to reality or to a living person or creature, often in terms of appearance, movement, or behavior.
- Vivid and realistic: Describes a representation, such as a description, image, or sculpture, that is so accurate and detailed it seems almost real.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The museum displayed a lifelike wax figure of the famous leader.
- The artist's lifelike portrait captured every detail of her subject's expression.
- The special effects in the movie created lifelike dinosaurs that seemed to move and breathe.
Advanced Usage
- "to be lifelike": to have the quality of resembling life.
- The robotic dog's movements are surprisingly lifelike.
- Used to describe artistic or technical skill in creating realism.
- Her lifelike descriptions of the forest made me feel I was truly there.
Variants and Related Words
- Life (n): The condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth and functional activity.
- Lifeless (adj): Deprived of life; dead, or lacking vitality or excitement.
- Realistic (adj): Having or showing a sensible and practical idea of what can be achieved or expected; representing things in a way that is accurate and true to life.
Synonyms
- Realistic: Representing familiar things in a way that is accurate or true to life.
- Naturalistic: Derived from real life or nature, or imitating it very closely.
- True-to-life: Accurate in representing real events or situations.
Antonyms
- Unrealistic: Not showing or accepting things as they are.
- Artificial: Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, typically as a copy of something natural.
- Stiffened: Made or become stiff or rigid, lacking natural ease.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- (As) lifelike as the real thing: An expression emphasizing that an imitation is extremely realistic.
- The museum's historical diorama is as lifelike as the real thing.
- To bring to life / To make lifelike: To make something seem real or alive.
- The actor's brilliant performance brought the historical character to life.
Adjective
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free from artificiality
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a lifelike pose
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a natural reaction
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evoking lifelike images within the mind
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pictorial poetry and prose
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graphic accounts of battle
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a lifelike portrait
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a vivid description
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