: 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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Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
Unlike traditional methods that require robots to physically interact with the world to learn, Vidar can simulate complex, lifelike scenarios virtually.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Excluding some of the drama with Dawn, which goes a bit overboard in the last act, Safdie succeeds in making Kerr's struggles as lifelike as possible.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Reuters also discovered bots of child celebrities, including 16-year-old actor Walker Scobell, producing lifelike images at the beach.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Lifelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifelike. Accessed 10 Sep. 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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