adj
Meaning 1
Likely to live.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lifelike
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈlaɪflaɪk/
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CMU ARPABET: L AY1 F L AY2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Like a living being; resembling life; being an accurate representation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a lifelike portrait
- The robot was so lifelike, Jack could hardly tell it apart from his sister.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
free from artificiality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a lifelike pose
- a natural reaction
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: natural
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
evoking lifelike images within the mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pictorial poetry and prose
- graphic accounts of battle
- a lifelike portrait
- a vivid description
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: graphic, pictorial, vivid
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English life Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English lifelike From life + -like. First attested in the 1610s.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 逼真 (bīzhēn) — Like a living being, resembling life
- Dutch: levensecht — Like a living being, resembling life
- Finnish: elävä — Like a living being, resembling life
- French: très réaliste — Like a living being, resembling life
- French: très ressemblant — Like a living being, resembling life
- German: lebensecht — Like a living being, resembling life
- Hungarian: életszerű — Like a living being, resembling life
- Hungarian: élethű — Like a living being, resembling life
- Indonesian: hidup — Like a living being, resembling life
- Kazakh: өмірдегідей (ömırdegıdei) — Like a living being, resembling life
- Polish: jak żywy — Like a living being, resembling life
- Polish: realistyczny — Like a living being, resembling life
- Spanish: natural — Like a living being, resembling life
- Spanish: verosímil — Like a living being, resembling life
- Swedish: levande — Like a living being, resembling life
- Turkish: canlı gibi — Like a living being, resembling life