Lifelike — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

evoking lifelike images within the mind

free from artificiality

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈaɪflaɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈaɪflaɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈaɪflaɪk/

3 syllables Say it as /lˈaɪflaɪk/.

Examples

pictorial poetry and prose
graphic accounts of battle
a lifelike portrait

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

graphic vivid natural pictorial

Parts of Speech

adjective	evoking lifelike images within the mind “pictorial poetry and prose”
adjective	free from artificiality “a lifelike pose”

Word Forms

vividness	noun	interest and variety and intensity
naturalness	noun	the quality of being natural or based on natural principles

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

lebensecht

lebensechte Bilder im Kopf hervorrufen

🇫🇷French

réaliste

évoquant des images réalistes dans l'esprit

🇪🇸Spanish

natural

evocando imágenes realistas dentro de la mente

🇮🇹Italian

realistico

evocare immagini realistiche nella mente

🇳🇱Dutch

levensecht

levensechte beelden in de geest oproepen

🇵🇹Portuguese

realista

evocando imagens realistas dentro da mente

🇷🇺Russian

реалистичный

вызывать в уме реалистичные образы

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सजीव

मन के भीतर सजीव छवियाँ उत्पन्न करना

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রাণবন্ত

মনের মধ্যে প্রাণবন্ত ছবি উদ্ভাসিত করা

🇮🇳Tamil

உயிர் போன்றது

மனதிற்குள் உயிரோட்டமான பிம்பங்களை எழுப்புகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రాణప్రదమైన

మనసులో జీవచిత్రాలను రేకెత్తిస్తుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

सजीव

मनात जिवंत प्रतिमा निर्माण करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

જીવન જેવું

મનમાં જીવંત છબીઓ ઉભી કરવી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜೀವಸಹಿತ

ಮನಸ್ಸಿನೊಳಗೆ ಜೀವಂತ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಾಕುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജീവനുള്ള

മനസ്സിനുള്ളിൽ ജീവനുള്ള ചിത്രങ്ങൾ ഉണർത്തുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜੀਵਨ ਵਰਗਾ

ਮਨ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਜੀਵਨ ਵਰਗੀਆਂ ਤਸਵੀਰਾਂ ਪੈਦਾ ਕਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

زندگی کی طرح

دماغ کے اندر زندگی جیسی تصاویر کو جنم دینا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

逼真

在脑海中唤起栩栩如生的图像

🇯🇵Japanese

生き生きとした

心の中に生き生きとしたイメージを呼び起こす

🇰🇷Korean

살아 있는 것 같은

마음속에 생생한 이미지를 불러일으키는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sống động như thật

gợi lên những hình ảnh sống động như thật trong tâm trí

🇹🇭Thai

เหมือนจริง

ทำให้เกิดภาพเหมือนมีชีวิตในจิตใจ

🇮🇩Indonesian

seperti kehidupan

membangkitkan gambaran yang hidup dalam pikiran

🇵🇭Filipino

parang buhay

nagbubunga ng parang buhay na mga imahe sa loob ng isip

🇲🇾Malay

seperti hidup

membangkitkan imej seperti hidup dalam minda

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نابض بالحياة

استحضار صور نابضة بالحياة داخل العقل

🇮🇷Persian

واقعی

برانگیختن تصاویر واقعی در ذهن

🇹🇷Turkish

gerçekçi

zihinde gerçekçi görüntüler uyandırmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

כְּמוֹ בַּחַיִים

מעורר תמונות כמו בחיים בתוך המוח

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