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lifelike
adjective life·like \ˈlīf-ˌlīk\
: looking like a real person or thing
Full Definition of LIFELIKE
: accurately representing or imitating real life <a lifelike portrait>
— life·like·ness noun
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First Known Use of LIFELIKE
14th century
Related to LIFELIKE
- Synonyms
- natural, living, naturalistic (also naturalist), near, photo-realistic, realistic, three-dimensional
- Antonyms
- nonnatural, nonrealistic, unnatural, unrealistic
Rhymes with LIFELIKE
alike, apelike, armlike, barnlike, bearlike, belike, birdlike, bladelike, boatlike, boxlike, called strike, catlike, childlike, Christlike, clawlike, claylike, clocklike, dirgelike, dirt bike, dislike, doglike, dreamlike, feel like, first strike, fishlike, flu-like, fly-strike, garpike, godlike, grasslike, handspike, hitchhike, homelike, horselike, hymnlike, jazzlike, Klondike, mislike, moonlike, nunlike, parklike, pealike, push-bike, rampike, ratlike, rent strike, restrike, ringlike, rocklike, rootlike, ropelike, scalelike, sharklike, sheaflike, shrimplike, shunpike, snakelike, sphinxlike, springlike, suchlike, tanklike, ten-strike, trail bike, trancelike, turnpike, unlike, Updike, Vandyke, Van Dyck, warlike, wavelike, whalelike, wifelike, winglike, wraithlike
LIFELIKE Defined for Kids
lifelike
adjective life·like \ˈlīf-ˌlīk\
Definition of LIFELIKE for Kids
: very like something that is alive <a lifelike doll>
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