Synonyms for lifelike

Grammar : Adj

Spell : lahyf-lahyk

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk

Définition of lifelike

Origin : 1610s, "likely to live," from life (n.) + like (adj.). Meaning "exactly like the living original" is from 1725.

adj realistic

Example sentences :

The very atmosphere is tremulous with the sounds, lifelike and joyous as they are!
Extract from : « Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. » by Charles James Lever

The beast perched upon the edge of the bowl was so lifelike.
Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various

Miss Jenkins, them glasses was on his nose just as lifelike when they brought him in to us!
Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various

His characters were not lifelike, and his acting was not good, and got worse as he went on.
Extract from : « Stories of Authors, British and American » by Edwin Watts Chubb

But the lifelike, somber eyes of the man were focused directly on him.
Extract from : « Viewpoint » by Gordon Randall Garrett

The dummy was lifelike even outside of the setting which Tam had planned.
Extract from : « Tam O' The Scoots » by Edgar Wallace

But they were so lifelike in their subdued color in the shade that he was for a moment startled.
Extract from : « Under the Redwoods » by Bret Harte

It was a hideous spectacle, and yet numerous of the bodies were lifelike in every feature.
Extract from : « Twenty Years in Europe » by Samuel H. M. Byers

So lifelike is Jrme Coignard that a book of his opinions was bound to follow.
Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker

It is a sketch from the life, and who can doubt that it is lifelike?
Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. II (of 2) » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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