lifelike Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite evoking lifelike images within the mind
    graphic; vivid; pictorial.
    • pictorial poetry and prose
    • graphic accounts of battle
    • a lifelike portrait
    • a vivid description
  2. adjective satellite free from artificiality
    natural.
    • a lifelike pose
    • a natural reaction

WordNet

Life"like` adjective
Etymology
Cf. Lively.
Definitions
  1. Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait. -- Life"like`ness, n. Poe.

Webster 1913