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| 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 |
| Notes: | empirical describes results determined by experiment and observed behavior or facts; theoretical describes results that are based on guesswork or hypothesis - and pragmatic is contrasted with theoretical on the grounds that the former proceeds from what is demonstrably practical, the latter from conjecture practical applies when what is in question is the conduct of affairs, whereas pragmatic applies when the question is the planning with respect to these affairs; practical is anything that can be done and is worth doing, while practicable is anything that can be done - worthwhile or not |
| Antonyms: | idealistic, unreasonable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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 |
| Antonyms: | cultured, elegant, refined, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | empirical/empiric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | practical; based on experience |
| Synonyms: | experimental, factual, observed, pragmatic, provisional, experient, experiential, observational |
| Antonyms: | hypothetical, impractical, speculative, theoretical, unobserved |
| Main Entry: | expedient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worthwhile, appropriate |
| Synonyms: | ad hoc, advantageous, advisable, beneficial, convenient, desirable, discreet, effective, feasible, fit, fitting, helpful, judicious, meet, opportune, politic, possible, practicable, practical, pragmatic, profitable, proper, prudent, seasonable, suitable, tactical, timely, useful, utilitarian, wise |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, inexpedient, unprofitable, unbeneficial, unworthwhile |
| Main Entry: | hard-nosed/hardheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | astute, bullheaded*, hard*, hard-boiled*, headstrong, intractable, levelheaded, mulish, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded*, practical, pragmatic, rational, realistic, resolute, sensible, shrewd, sober, stand pat, tough, unyielding, willful, locked in, tough-nut, unsentimental |
| Antonyms: | easy, laid-back, merciful, easy-going |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | helpful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beneficial, beneficent |
| Synonyms: | accessible, accommodating, advantageous, applicable, benevolent, conducive, considerate, constructive, convenient, cooperative, crucial, effectual, efficacious, essential, favorable, fortunate, friendly, important, improving, instrumental, invaluable, kind, neighborly, operative, practical, pragmatic, productive, profitable, serviceable, significant, suitable, sympathetic, timely, usable, useful, utilitarian, valuable, bettering, caring, contributive, good for, serendipitous, supportive, symbiotic |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, harmful, hurtful, injurious, useless, worthless, unconstructive, unhelpful |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | officious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-important, dictatorial |
| Synonyms: | busy, forward, impertinent, inquisitive, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, obtrusive, opinionated, pragmatic, pushy, rude, interfering, overzealous |
| Antonyms: | modest, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | opinionated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | believing very strongly and conveying it |
| Synonyms: | adamant, arbitrary, assertive, biased, bigoted, bossy, bullheaded*, cocksure*, cocky*, conceited, dictatorial, doctrinaire, dogmatic, hard-line*, high-handed, inflexible, intransigent, obdurate, obstinate, one-sided, oracular, overbearing, pigheaded*, positive, pragmatic, prejudiced, self-assertive, single-minded, stubborn, uncompromising, unyielding, locked in, pragmatical, set in stone, set-on, tilted, weighted |
| Antonyms: | indifferent, open-minded, compromising |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | profitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advantageous; money-making |
| Synonyms: | assisting, beneficial, commercial, conducive, cost-effective, effective, effectual, favorable, fruitful, gainful, good, in the black, instrumental, lucrative, practical, pragmatic, productive, remunerative, rewarding, serviceable, successful, sweet*, useful, valuable, worthwhile, contributive, going, paid off, paying, paying well, self-sustaining, sustaining, well-paying |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, unprofitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | useful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beneficial, valuable |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, applied, appropriate, brave, commodious, convenient, effective, favorable, fit, fruitful, functional, good, handy, helpful, instrumental, meet, practicable, practical, pragmatic, profitable, proper, propitious, salutary, serviceable, subsidiary, suitable, suited, toward, all-purpose, of assistance, of service, of use, purposive, utile |
| Antonyms: | useless, worthless, unusable, unvaluable |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | virtual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in essence |
| Synonyms: | basic, constructive, essential, fundamental, implicit, implied, in effect, indirect, potential, practical, pragmatic, tacit, in all but name, in conduct, in practice, unacknowledged |
| Antonyms: | actual, authentic, real |
| Main Entry: | empirical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | practical |
| Synonyms: | experimental, factual, observed, pragmatic, provisional, speculative, empiric, experient, experiential, observational |
| Antonyms: | conjectural, hypothetical, impractical, theoretical, theoretic, unobserved, unproved |
| Main Entry: | hardheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | astute, bullheaded, cool, hang tough, hard, hard-boiled, hard-nosed, headstrong, intractable, level-headed, mulish, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, practical, pragmatic, rational, realistic, resolute, sensible, shrewd, sober, stand pat, tough, unyielding, willful, locked in, tough nut, unsentimental |
| Antonyms: | yielding |
| Main Entry: | down to earth |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | practical |
| Synonyms: | earthy, folksy, informal, levelheaded, matter-of-fact, natural, pragmatic, real, realistic, reasonable, rustic, sensible, simple, unassuming, unpretentious, commonsensical, plainspoken, sober-minded |
| Antonyms: | dreamy, fanciful, idealistic |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dogmatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | based on absolute truth |
| Synonyms: | a priori, assertive, authoritarian, authoritative, axiomatic, canonical, categorical, deducible, derivable, doctrinaire, eternal, formal, imperative, inevitable, oracular, orthodox, peremptory, positive, pragmatic, prophetic, systematic, theoretical, unchangeable, unerring, unqualified, as a matter of course, by fiat, by natural law, by nature, deductive, doctrinal, excathedra, on faith, reasoned |
| Antonyms: | ambiguous, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, indecisive, uncertain, vacillating, fluctuating, not positive |
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