| Main Entry: | down-to-earth |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reasonable, practical |
Synonyms: |
common, commonsense, easy, hard, hardboiled, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, mundane, no-nonsense, plainspoken, pragmatic, rational, realistic, sane, sensible, sober, unfantastic, unidealistic, unsentimental |
Antonyms: |
excitable, excited, impractical, unreasonable, unsensible |
| Main Entry: | hard-nosed/hardheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
Synonyms: |
astute, bullheaded, hard*, hard-boiled, headstrong, intractable, levelheaded, locked in, mulish, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, practical, pragmatic, rational, realistic, resolute, sensible, shrewd, sober, stand pat, tough, tough-nut, unsentimental, unyielding, willful |
Antonyms: |
easy, easy-going, laid-back, merciful |
| 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, prosy, serious, sober, stoic, stolid, unaffected, unidealistic, unimaginative, unimpassioned, unsentimental, unvarnished |
Antonyms: |
emotional, imaginative, lively |
| Main Entry: | realistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sensible, matter-of-fact |
Synonyms: |
astute, businesslike, commonsense, down-to-earth, earthy, hard, hard-boiled, levelheaded, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, prudent, rational, real, reasonable, sane, sensible, shrewd, sober, sound, unfantastic, unidealistic, unromantic, unsentimental, utilitarian |
Antonyms: |
impractical, irrational, unrealistic |
| Main Entry: | hardheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
Synonyms: |
astute, bullheaded, cool, hang tough, hard, hard-boiled, hard-nosed, headstrong, intractable, level-headed, locked in, mulish, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, practical, pragmatic, rational, realistic, resolute, sensible, shrewd, sober, stand pat, tough, tough nut, unsentimental, unyielding, willful |
Antonyms: |
yielding |
| Main Entry: | hard-nosed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tough and shrewd |
Synonyms: |
bullheaded, hard-boiled, hardheaded, inflexible, mulish, no-nonsense, obdurate, obstinate, pigheaded, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, tough, tough-minded, uncompromising, unsentimental |
Antonyms: |
sentimental |
| Main Entry: | tough-minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic |
Synonyms: |
determined, hard-nosed, resolute, single-minded, strong-willed, unsentimental |
Antonyms: |
weak-willed |
| Main Entry: | naturalistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic |
Synonyms: |
astute, businesslike, commonsense, down-to-earth, earthy, hard, hard-boiled, levelheaded, lifelike, natural, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, prudent, rational, real, reasonable, sane, sensible, shrewd, sober, sound, true, true-life, truthful, unfantastic, unidealistic, unromantic, unsentimental, utilitarian |
| Main Entry: | pragmatical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic |
Synonyms: |
astute, businesslike, commonsense, down-to-earth, earthy, hard, hard-boiled, hardheaded, levelheaded, matter-of-fact, objective, practical, pragmatic, prosaic, prudent, rational, real, reasonable, sane, sensible, shrewd, sober, sound, tough-minded, unfantastic, unidealistic, unromantic, unsentimental, utilitarian |
| Main Entry: | true-life |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic |
Synonyms: |
astute, businesslike, commonsense, down-to-earth, earthy, hard, hard-boiled, levelheaded, lifelike, natural, naturalistic, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, prudent, rational, real, reasonable, sane, sensible, shrewd, sober, sound, true, truthful, unfantastic, unidealistic, unromantic, unsentimental, utilitarian |