Antonyms for realistic
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : ree-uh-lis-tik |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌri əˈlɪs tɪk |
Definition of realistic
Origin :- "true to reality" (of art, literature, etc.), 1829; "involving a practical view of life" (opposed to idealistic), 1831; from realist + -ic. Related: Realistically.
- adj sensible, matter-of-fact
- adj genuine
- Madame Deberle admired the realistic manner in which she died in a piece she played.
- Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
- In style and character-drawing it is realistic in the best sense.
- Extract from : « The Lonely Way--Intermezzo--Countess Mizzie » by Arthur Schnitzler
- If it was play, it was too realistic for the nerves even of a mountain girl.
- Extract from : « Nan of Music Mountain » by Frank H. Spearman
- Uncle's narratives had been so realistic that I began to dread Pierre's departure.
- Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
- This particular editor believed that a short story should be realistic.
- Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
- There is no doubt that we are still far from this last phase of the realistic period.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
- They are realistic enough, but only in rare passages are they beautiful.
- Extract from : « Personality in Literature » by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James
- The Novellieri were thus the realists of their day and of them all Bandello was the most realistic.
- Extract from : « The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 » by William Painter
- It gave the first realistic smack of the filthy business of war.
- Extract from : « Four Days » by Hetty Hemenway
- They are too realistic,—and, after all, the ideal is the real.
- Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
Synonyms for realistic
- astute
- authentic
- businesslike
- commonsense
- down-to-earth
- earthy
- faithful
- graphic
- hard
- hard-boiled
- levelheaded
- lifelike
- natural
- original
- practical
- pragmatic
- pragmatical
- prudent
- rational
- real
- reasonable
- representational
- representative
- sane
- sensible
- shrewd
- sober
- sound
- true
- true to life
- truthful
- unfantastic
- unidealistic
- unromantic
- unsentimental
- utilitarian
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