as in realistic
closely resembling the object imitated
the eyes of the lifelike portrait seem to follow visitors around the room
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Recent Examples of lifelike
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.
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James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Park knew that video game designers had long struggled to create lifelike characters that could do more than move mechanically and read from a script.
—Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
The Wreath Depot is known for its lifelike faux plants and greenery, and this wreath is no exception.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2025
Pantone color validations also means that the skin tones of onscreen characters should be more natural and lifelike.
—New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2025
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James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Park knew that video game designers had long struggled to create lifelike characters that could do more than move mechanically and read from a script.
—Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
The Wreath Depot is known for its lifelike faux plants and greenery, and this wreath is no exception.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2025
Pantone color validations also means that the skin tones of onscreen characters should be more natural and lifelike.
—New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifelike
Adjective
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But this more robust communications channel is quite welcome after decades of sterile chatbots and IVR that fail to offer a realistic experience to those trying to reach the top brass of any company anywhere.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The scenario focused on employing the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 2,000-pound Quicksink maritime weapon to destroy a surface vessel under realistic conditions, according to a US Air Force press release published on September 10.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Together with previous finds, the new fossils demonstrate that at least four lineages of hominins (creatures more closely related to us than to our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees and bonobos) lived in eastern Africa between three million and 2.5 million years ago.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
13 Aug. 2025
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So, is this a case where a living organism transformed into a non-living state by evolutionary pressures?—
Dirk Schulze-Makuch,
Big Think,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The production’s director, Eric Ting, who stood nearby with various assistants, suggested that Costanzo’s look be naturalistic, whereas the play’s other characters be exaggerated.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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All three actors praised Cianfrance’s ability to coax naturalistic performances from his cast.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Her pieces consisted of geometric tops influenced by flowers’ natural designs and also modernized micro shorts.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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Many lodges are locally run, and connections to nearby villages feel natural, not staged.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Sugar maples turn bright red, and red maples change from vivid red to orange to bright yellow.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Under Porra’s direction and through Sebastián Cabrera’s painterly cinematography, the film conjures a vivid and haunting portrait of the colonial Caribbean.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Featuring a stainless steel frame and semi-translucent color panels, the three-dimensional piece can be illuminated from within the sculpture.—
Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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The system, called self-assembling boronate ester release or SABER, acts like a three-dimensional net.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Lifelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifelike. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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