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down-to-earth - 13 thesaurus results
Main Entry: down-to-earth
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: reasonable, practical
Synonyms: common, easy, hard, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, mundane, no-nonsense, pragmatic, rational, realistic, sane, sensible, sober, commonsense, hardboiled, plainspoken, unfantastic, unidealistic, unsentimental
Antonyms: excitable, excited, impractical, unreasonable, unsensible
Main Entry: common-sense
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: reasonable
Synonyms: astute, cool, down-to-earth, judicious, levelheaded, matter-of-fact, practical, rational, realistic, sane, sensible, shrewd, sound, commonsensical, hard-headed
Antonyms: foolish, impractical, insane, unreasonable, unsound, unsensible
Main Entry: earthy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unsophisticated
Synonyms: bawdy, coarse, crude, down, down-to-earth*, dull, easygoing, folksy, funky*, hard-boiled*, homely, homey, indelicate, lusty, mundane, natural, pragmatic, ribald, robust, rough, simple, uninhibited, unrefined, down home, home folk, lowbred, unidealistic
Notes: earthy is 'similar to earth; hearty' or 'coarse, vulgar' while earthly is 'pertaining to human existence on earth'; earthen means 'made of earth or clay'
Antonyms: cultured, elegant, refined, sophisticated
Main Entry: folksy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: informal, simple
Synonyms: cozy, down-to-earth*, homely, homey, low-key, modest, natural, plain, rustic, unassuming, unpretentious
Main Entry: matter-of-fact
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: realistic, unembellished
Synonyms: apathetic, calm, cold, cold-blooded*, deadpan, down-to-earth*, dry, dull, earthy, emotionless, factual, feasible, flat, hard-boiled*, impassive, impersonal, lifeless, mundane, naked*, objective, phlegmatic, plain, practical, pragmatic, prosaic, serious, sober, stoic, stolid, unaffected, unimaginative, unvarnished, prosy, unidealistic, unimpassioned, unsentimental
Antonyms: emotional, imaginative, lively
Main Entry: pragmatic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sensible
Synonyms: businesslike, down-to-earth, efficient, hard, hard-boiled*, hardheaded*, logical, matter-of-fact, practical, realistic, sober, utilitarian, commonsensical, unidealistic
Antonyms: idealistic, unreasonable
Main Entry: sensible
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: realistic, reasonable
Synonyms: all there, astute, attentive, au courant, aware, canny, cognizant, commonsensical, conscious, consequent, conversant, cool*, discerning, discreet, discriminating, down-to-earth, far-sighted, having all one's marbles, in right mind, informed, intelligent, judicious, knowing, logical, matter-of-fact, practical, prudent, rational, sagacious, sage, sane, sentient, shrewd, sober, sound, together, well-reasoned, well-thought-out, wise, witting
Antonyms: indiscreet, senseless, unrealistic, unreasonable, unwise
Main Entry: utilitarian
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: practical
Synonyms: down-to-earth, effective, efficient, functional, hard, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, nuts and bolts*, pragmatic, realistic, sensible, serviceable, useful, commonsensical, pragmatical, unidealistic, unromantic
Antonyms: impractical, unnecessary
Main Entry: practical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: realistic, useful
Synonyms: applied, businesslike, constructive, down-to-earth, efficient, empirical, experimental, factual, feasible, functional, handy, hard-boiled*, implicit, matter-of-fact*, nuts and bolts*, operative, orderly, possible, practicable, pragmatic, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible, serviceable, sober, solid, sound, systematic, usable, utilitarian, virtual, workable, working, both feet on the ground, commonsensical, doable, in action, in operation, unidealistic, unromantic, utile, workaday
Antonyms: impossible, impractical, unfeasible, unrealistic, useless, worthless, unserviceable, unworkable
Main Entry: realistic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sensible, matter-of-fact
Synonyms: astute, businesslike, down-to-earth, earthy, hard, hard-boiled*, levelheaded, practical, pragmatic, prudent, rational, real, reasonable, sane, sensible, shrewd, sober, sound, utilitarian, commonsense, pragmatical, unfantastic, unidealistic, unromantic, unsentimental
Antonyms: impractical, irrational, unrealistic
Main Entry: unimposing
Part of Speech: adjective1
Definition: unassuming
Synonyms: considerate, courteous, down-to-earth, humble, kind, modest, polite, quiet, reserved, simple, unobtrusive, unpretentious
Antonyms: arrogant, flashy, ostentatious
Main Entry: sober
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: calm, peaceful; dull
Synonyms: cold, collected, composed, cool, dark, dispassionate, down-to-earth*, drab, earnest, grave, hard-boiled*, imperturbable, inhibited, levelheaded, low-key, lucid, no-nonsense, pacific, plain, practical, quiet, rational, realistic, reasonable, reserved, restrained, sedate, serene, serious, severe, soft, solemn, somber, sound, staid, steady, subdued, unruffled, abnegating, abstaining, clear-headed, constrained, disciplined, eschewing, forgoing, toned down, unexcited, unimpassioned
Antonyms: excited, immoderate, irrational
Main Entry: hard
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: true, indisputable
Synonyms: absolute, actual, bare, cold, definite, down-to-earth, genuine, plain, positive, practical, pragmatic, realistic, sure, undeniable, unvarnished, verified
Antonyms: disputable, doubtful, inexact, questionable, uncertain, untrue
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