Adjective realistic has 3 senses
- realistic - aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans"
Antonyms: unrealistic, chimerical, delusive, false, fantastic, kafkaesque, phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealistic, unreasonable
- naturalistic, realistic - representing what is real; not abstract or ideal; "realistic portraiture"; "a realistic novel"; "in naturalistic colors"; "the school of naturalistic writers"
Antonym: nonrepresentational (indirect, via representational)
- realistic - of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of realism; "a realistic system of thought"
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