: 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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OpenAI’s Sora app, launched three weeks ago, lets users create lifelike videos using AI.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Arrigoni says that, while other companies that have specialized in deepfake detection are now having a harder time considering how lifelike Sora videos have become, the facial recognition tools Loti uses are making things easier to find, even with new videos coming rapidly.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Instead of picturing a style in her head or printing a 2D version for clients, Koop and other Alta users can look through lifelike representations of wardrobe pieces.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Long queues also stretched just for a photo with a lifelike figure of Stephen Curry.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Arrigoni says that, while other companies that have specialized in deepfake detection are now having a harder time considering how lifelike Sora videos have become, the facial recognition tools Loti uses are making things easier to find, even with new videos coming rapidly.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Instead of picturing a style in her head or printing a 2D version for clients, Koop and other Alta users can look through lifelike representations of wardrobe pieces.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Long queues also stretched just for a photo with a lifelike figure of Stephen Curry.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Lifelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifelike. Accessed 22 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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