REALISTIC

adj. 1 practical, matter-of-fact, down-to-earth, pragmatic, common-sense, sensible, reasonable, level-headed, rational, sane, hard-headed, business-like, no-nonsense, unromantic, unsentimental, tough, tough-minded, Colloq hard-nosed, hard-boiled Kevin's realistic grasp of the problems may make the company profitable at last 2 natural, lifelike, true to life, naturalistic, vivid, genuine, real, graphic This painting is so realistic that it looks like a photograph Harriet's description was so realistic that I felt I had actually been to Benidorm.