realistic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɹiːjəˈlɪstɪk/, SAMPA: /%ri:j@"lIstIk/

Adjective

realistic (comparative more realistic, superlative most realistic)

1. expressed or represented as being accurate.

   A realistic appraisal of the situation.

   • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, BBC Sport:

     Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.

2. Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.

   A realistic novel about the Victorian poor.

Antonyms

• unrealistic
• utopian

Derived terms

• realisticity
• realisticness

Related terms

• real
• realism
• realist
• reality
• realize

Translations

expressed or represented as being accurate

Chinese: 现实 (xiánshí) Danish: realistisk (da) Finnish: realistinen (fi), todenmukainen (fi) German: realistisch (de)

Japanese: 現実的 (げんじつてき, genjitsuteki) Romanian: realist (ro) Spanish: realista (es), realístico (es)

relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were

Chinese: 现实 (xiánshí) Czech: realistický (cs) m. Danish: realistisk (da) Finnish: realistinen (fi)

German: realistisch (de) Romanian: realist (ro) Spanish: realista (es), realístico (es)

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Dutch: realistisch French: réaliste Italian: realistico

Portuguese: realístico Swedish: realistisk

Anagrams

• eristical