realistic

adjective

1 you've got to be realistic and accept what has happened:

practical, pragmatic, matter-of-fact, down-to-earth, sensible, commonsensical;

rational, logical, reasonable, levelheaded, clear-sighted, hardheaded, businesslike, sober, unromantic, unsentimental, unidealistic, tough-minded, robust, hard-boiled, unemotional;

informal with both/one's feet on the ground, hard-nosed, no-nonsense.

▷antonyms unrealistic, idealistic.

2 a regional settlement remains an important and realistic aim:

achievable, attainable, feasible, practicable, within the bounds of possibility, viable, reasonable, sensible, logical, workable;

informal doable.

▷antonyms impracticable.

3 the film was not intended to be a realistic portrayal of the war:

true to life, lifelike, true, truthful, faithful, real-life, close, naturalistic, authentic, genuine, representational, graphic, convincing;

French vérité;

informal kitchen-sink, warts and all;

rare verisimilar, veristic, speaking.

▷antonyms imaginative, fictional.