Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lifelike \Life"like`\ (l[imac]f"l[imac]k`), a. [Cf. {Lively}.]
   Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate
   representation; as, a lifelike portrait. -- {Life"like`ness},
   n. --Poe.

Source : WordNet®

lifelike
     adj 1: evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry
            and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike
            portrait"; "a vivid description" [syn: {graphic}, {pictorial},
             {vivid}]
     2: unaffected and natural looking; "a lifelike pose"; "a
        natural reaction" [syn: {natural}]