practical

Synonyms

down-to-earth, earthy, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, pragmatic (also pragmatical), realistic;

Antonyms

blue-sky, idealistic, impractical, unrealistic, utopian, visionary;

Near Antonyms

fanciful, fantastic (also fantastical), imaginative;

romantic, sentimental;

cheerful, optimistic, rose-colored;

trustful, trusting, unsuspicious;

half-baked, illogical, insane, irrational, unreasonable;

theoretical (also theoretic);

Related Words

idealless, philistine, utilitarian;

commonsensical, grounded, levelheaded, logical, no-nonsense, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible, sober, sobersided, sound;

bottom-line, hard, hard-boiled, hard-edged, tough-minded, unromantic, unsentimental;