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matter-of-fact

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of matter-of-fact

1 restricted to or based on fact

  • a matter-of-fact recitation of the events of the last week
Synonyms of matter-of-fact

documentary, factual, hard, historical, literal, nonfictional, objective, true
Words Related to matter-of-fact

actual, authentic, bona fide, genuine, real, right

documented, established

confirmable, reliable, supportable, sustainable, verifiable

demonstrable, provable

incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, undeniable, unquestionable

plain, simple

certain, undoubted
Near Antonyms of matter-of-fact

hypothetical, speculative, theoretical (also theoretic)

apocryphal, unauthentic, undocumented

chimerical (also chimeric), fabulous, fanciful, fantastic (also fantastical), imaginary, imagined, invented, legendary, made-up, make-believe, mythical (or mythic), pretend

embroidered, exaggerated

insupportable, unsupportable
Antonyms of matter-of-fact

fictional, fictionalized, fictitious, nondocumentary, nonfactual, nonhistorical, unhistorical

2 willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly

  • a matter-of-fact woman who didn't worry about "what ifs"
Synonyms of matter-of-fact

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

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

cynical, disillusioned, misanthropic, pessimistic

distrustful, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious
Near Antonyms of matter-of-fact

fanciful, fantastic (also fantastical), imaginative

romantic, sentimental

cheerful, optimistic, rose-colored

trustful, trusting, unsuspicious

half-baked, illogical, insane, irrational, unreasonable

theoretical (also theoretic)
Antonyms of matter-of-fact

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

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