: accurately representing or imitating real life
a lifelike portrait
lifelikeness
noun
Examples of lifelike in a Sentence
The graphics in the video game are more lifelike than we imagined they would be.
the eyes of the lifelike portrait seem to follow visitors around the room
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The audio of their teachers speaking is particularly lifelike.
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PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
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Each contains five branches made from high-quality plastic that’s vibrant, lifelike, and UV resistant.
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PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
Their innovation, called retina E-paper, uses nanoparticles to control how light scatters, achieving lifelike color reproduction that can be tuned electrically.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Each contains five branches made from high-quality plastic that’s vibrant, lifelike, and UV resistant.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
According to Hamel, who shared a demonstration of the lifelike robot earlier this year, Somers had been kicking around the idea for decades with inventor Ray Kurzweil.
—Karu F Daniels, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Lifelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifelike. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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lifelike
adjective
life·like
ˈlī-ˌflīk 
: accurately representing or imitating an actual living thing
a lifelike statue
lifelikeness
noun
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