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Synonyms & Antonyms for down-to-earth
Synonyms
Antonyms
- arrogant,
- bumptious,
- chesty,
- conceited,
- egotistic
- (or egotistical),
- fastuous,
- haughty,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- high-and-mighty,
- high-handed,
- high-hat,
- hoity-toity,
- huffish,
- huffy,
- imperious,
- lordly,
- overweening,
- peremptory,
- pompous,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- pretentious,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- supercilious,
- superior,
- toplofty
- (also toploftical),
- uppish,
- uppity
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“Down-to-earth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down-to-earth. Accessed 21 Sep. 2020.
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The first known use of down-to-earth was in 1922
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