realistic
adjective
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are
a realistic description
Related & opposite
- possible also see
- practical also see
- real also see
- unrealistic antonym
- realist derivation
- down-to-earth similar to
- hard-nosed similar to
- lifelike similar to
- living similar to
- true-to-lifea similar to
- veridical similar to
- virtuala similar to
Sense 2 adjective
representing what is real; not abstract or ideal
realistic portraiture
Related & opposite
- naturalism derivation
- realist derivation
- representational similar to
Sense 3 adjective
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of realism
a realistic system of thought
Related & opposite
- realist derivation
- naive realism pertains to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | possible |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | practical |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | real |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unrealistic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | realist |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | down-to-earth |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | hard-nosed |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | lifelike |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | living |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | true-to-lifea |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | veridical |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | virtuala |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | naturalism |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | realist |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | representational |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | realist |
| 3 | pertains to | Related & opposite | naive realism |