life size

Matching real dimensions

Life size describes something made to match the actual dimensions of what it represents.

A life-size statue of a person stands as tall as that person would.

The term applies to models, sculptures, photographs, and replicas: a life-size cutout of the president, The museum featured a life-size replica of a blue whale.

Also spelled life-sized.

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wax figure · wax museum · sculpture · model · anatomical model · proportional · realistic · doll · effigy · dummy · cast · mold · anatomical · exhibit · museum · taxidermy · bronze · figure

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Opposites
scale relative to actual size

life sizeminiature

Reduced-scale representation

miniaturized · scaled-down · oversized · enlarged · magnified

Family

life, size, lives, live, lived, living, lively, livelihood, lifelong

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G