LIFELIKE Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

lifelike

adjective

ˈlīf-ˌlīk

Definition of lifelike

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 Styling options, like shoes and sunglasses, can be added as well as lifelike backgrounds; the models will then move around in the garment in a video. — Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2026 Sereno said the skeleton was preserved three-dimensionally, with bones remaining in unusually lifelike positions. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 This style of display continued throughout the exhibit, as just around the corner, a lifelike Luke Skywalker stood next to his landspeeder on a mock Tatooine while a Jawa hid nearby. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Soda is currently on their ECOS tour, where surviving members Charly Alberti and Zeta Bosio are performing live alongside a lifelike digital avatar of their late frontman. — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lifelike

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Adjective

The latest 104-qubit simulation, however, accounts for realistic hardware noise, allowing researchers to examine how errors affect magic state cultivation.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Washington should work with allies’ defense industries and military planners to come up with a new division of labor, set force levels, and create a realistic timetable to meet their goals.

— Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of realistic

Adjective

Researchers developed LEDs that emit UVC at wavelengths below 235 nm, which is also absorbed by the outer, non-living layers of the skin.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Communal living can look like co-living – where people choose to live with others in one house or building – or co-housing – which is a community built around a group of houses.

— Brittany Luse, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of living

Adjective

Oakley also brings a welcome naturalistic feel to a script by Diana Reid, with a strong sense of nature itself but also the reality of economic hardship — or what stands for economic hardship in an Austen novel.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
There is a naturalistic aesthetic to the film, augmented by the locations, the costumes and the hair and makeup design.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of naturalistic

Adjective

Shooting stars become visible when particles of the ancient comet collide with our planet's atmosphere at 147,600 miles per hour (237,539 kilometers per hour), vaporizing in a spectacular display of natural fireworks.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2026
This part of South America often gets heavy rain during El Niño, a natural climate phenomenon in which warmer-than-usual waters in the Pacific Ocean scramble weather patterns around the world.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of natural

Adjective

The Bay Area rapper’s latest record boasts vivid scenes and careful character studies, backed by live instrumentation and occasionally staid samples.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026
While many of the more contentious and controversial aspects of his life are presented in one-sided fashion, friend and former manager Rory Holloway’s still-raw sense of betrayal at Tyson firing his entire team is evoked with vivid irritation.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of vivid

Adjective

In the opening scene of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the system easily tracks effects through three-dimensional space, which move overhead and behind me more clearly, rather than just sounding vaguely above my head.

— Christian de Looper, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
The team plans to investigate three-dimensional structures that could support more complex movements, including bending, twisting, and shearing.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of three-dimensional

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