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View synonyms for down-to-earth

down-to-earth

[ doun-too-urth, -tuh- ]

adjective

  1. practical and realistic:

    a down-to-earth person.

    Synonyms: pragmatic, sober, sensible, hardheaded



down-to-earth

adjective

  1. sensible; practical; realistic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of down-to-earth1

First recorded in 1925–30

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