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Synonyms & Antonyms of realistic
1
willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly
- high schoolers who need to be more realistic in their career choices, as so few people end up as rock stars
Synonyms for realistic
- down-to-earth,
- earthy,
- hardheaded,
- matter-of-fact,
- practical,
- pragmatic
- (also pragmatical)
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2
closely resembling the object imitated
- those special effects look really realistic—I'd never guess they were all computer-generated
Synonyms for realistic
- lifelike,
- living,
- natural,
- naturalistic
- (also naturalist),
- near,
- photo-realistic,
- three-dimensional
Words Related to realistic
- expressive,
- graphic
- (also graphical),
- gritty,
- vivid
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The first known use of realistic was in 1829
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