lifelike

Other forms of lifelike

comparative

lifeliker·

superlative

lifelikest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lifelike

What does lifelike mean?

lifelike means "evoking lifelike images within the mind". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lifelike?

lifelike has 2 syllables: life-like. The stress falls on "life". In IPA it is /ˈlaɪˌflaɪk/.

What is another word for lifelike?

Close synonyms include graphic, pictorial, vivid, natural. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lifelike a common word?

lifelike is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lifelike?

2 words rhyme with lifelike. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.