LIFELIKE

lifelike, natural

(adjective) free from artificiality; “a lifelike pose”; “a natural reaction”

graphic, lifelike, pictorial, vivid

(adjective) evoking lifelike images within the mind; “pictorial poetry and prose”; “graphic accounts of battle”; “a lifelike portrait”; “a vivid description”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

lifelike (comparative more lifelike, superlative most lifelike)

Like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation

Source: Wiktionary


Life"like`, a. Etym: [Cf. Lively.]

Definition: Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait.

– Life"like`ness, n. Poe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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